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News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Al-Jaabari (1960-2012): Kidnapper of Shalit; Hamas Terror Chief

By Daniel Tauber

Background information  on Ahmed al Jaabari, who was recently taken out by the IDF and the General Security Service (the "shaback"). Al Jaabari served 13 years in Israeli prison for his role in  1982 terror attack until he was released in 1995 (Ma'an) He gained prominence among Palestinians for his role in the attack of the IDF […]

Editorial

The Petraeus Conundrum

By Editorial Board

There are some fascinating questions that come to mind regarding the current controversy concerning Gen. David Petraeus, and in the coming weeks and months many of the blanks will doubtless be filled in. To be sure, the personal dimension to the story will continue to draw much attention – infidelity and personal failure in high places will always have a certain allure. But there are some serious public issues involved that we hope will be pursued.

News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Extensive Damage to Terrorist Long-Range Launch Capabilities

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

5:34 PM, Israel Time: The IDF carried out an extensive attack damaging to the long-range launch capabilities (over 25 miles) of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The attack caused significant damage to underground launch systems and weapons and ammunition storehouses belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. The purpose of the attack is to disrupt the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

'Pillar of Cloud' Operation Launched to Punish Gazan Terror (Updated)

By Jewish Press Staff

Update, 5:34 PM, Israel Time: The IDF carried out an extensive attack damaging to the long-range launch capabilities (over 25 miles) of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The attack caused significant damage to underground launch systems and weapons and ammunition storehouses belonging to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. The purpose of the attack is to disrupt […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

New Round of Explosions in Ashdod Was IDF's

By Jewish Press News Desk

After this morning's missile attack, residents of Ashdod, north of Gaza, have had their nerves frayed further Tuesday morning with the booms of numerous explosions. It turns out, the IDF is now conducting training for their new Patriot missile system, as well as testing out a new Iron Dome. So that's what the latest booms […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Pics: Egged Bus Attacked by Arab Jerusalemites on Mount of Olives

By Jewish Press Staff

Following a stabbing incident in which a visitor to the Jewish community of Maale HaZeitim adjacent to the historic Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery was attacked by Arabs in the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood, an Egged bus transporting Jewish residents to and from the enclave was smashed by rock-throwers, who committed the attack from the same place at which the stabbing took place.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Update on Two of the Injured IDF Jeep Soldiers

By Jewish Press News Desk

Soroka Hospital Completed the Surgeries on the Injured Soldiers.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Jeep Soldiers in Serious Condition - Undergoing Surgeries

By Jewish Press News Desk

The four soldiers injured in Saturday evenings attack are being treated at Soroka hospital. They were very seriously injured.

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

Huge Terror Tunnel Explodes Underneath IDF Patrol

By Jewish Press Staff

An update from the IDF Spokesman's office: An engineering force that operated at the site located a number of powerful explosive devices. With the end of this force's activity, as it worked to repair the border fence, an explosion occurred in a terror tunnel. This was a very large explosion that exposed a tunnel roughly four meters deep and four meters wide. An empty IDF vehicle that was in the area was thrown into the air from the force of the explosion.

News Briefs

Pres. Hollande: Netanyahu Came to Toulouse to Campaign for Re-election

By Jewish Press News Desk

"We know, Netanyahu came to France as part of his elections campaign," French President François Hollande has quipped last week, according to a report published on Tuesday in the French satirical weekly Le Canard Enchainé. Holland referred to the participation last week of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a ceremony commemorating the victims of the […]

Editorial

Another Dan Rather Moment For CBS News?

By Editorial Board

CBS News withheld, until this past Sunday – two days before the election – a key portion of its “60 Minutes” interview with President Obama conducted within hours after his Rose Garden press conference on September 12, the day after the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi.

Op-Eds

Politicians Promise to Help Israel: Will It Be Too Little, Too Late?

By Steve Feldman

"If Israel is attacked" is a phrase heard often by mostly well-meaning politicians from both American parties when they are out on the campaign trail, or even while holding office, to express their intent to come to the aid of the Jewish state. But as anyone who both follows current events and has any semblance of logic knows, not only is the phrase trite, but it reveals a certain unfamiliarity with the Middle East today and is even dangerous as pertains to Iran.

Dov Shurin

Elections And The ‘Dust’ Of History

By Dov Shurin

As Americans prepare to vote, allow me to hold up a banner with the words of the wisest man ever. The words are those of King Solomon (Koheles 1:9): “What was will be, what was done will again be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.”

Op-Eds

Benghazi's Tough Questions

By Daniel Greenfield

The story of how the Obama Administration failed to secure a U.S. consulate and then failed to send in support while it was under attack may turn out to be the biggest scandal of this administration. But that will only happen if Benghazigate is the subject of a thorough and rigorous investigation. And that means basing stories on facts or on reliable reports, rather than on speculation and internet rumors that no one would take seriously in any other context.

News Briefs

Rockets Hit Be'er Sheva, Schools Closed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The city Be'er Sheva announced that schools will be closed today after Gazan launched 2  rockets at the city at 5:28 AM Sunday morning. The rockets landed in an open area and caused no damage or injuries. Be'er Sheva Univervity will hold classes as usual. Following an earlier Saturday night mortar attack at 12:30 AM, […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Update on Injured IDF Officer

By Jewish Press News Desk

Captain Ziv Shilon was named as the Givati officer that was injured in Tuesday's terror attack.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Givati Officer Seriously Injured in Gaza Terror Attack (Updated)

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Golani Officer injured near the Gaza fence on Tuesday morning. His unit was checking the path for bombs when the officer was injured in a terror attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "Israel will respond very harshly to this entire chain of terror."

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Awarta Arabs Return to Itamar, Site of the Fogel Massacre

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF escorted Arab olive harvesters from Awarta into the town of Itamar, Residents of the town of Awarta were responsible for the Fogel massacre in March 2011, and had previously used the olive harvest to survey the town ahead of the terror attack.

Rubin Reports

Iranian Agent Admits Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador in Washington DC

By Barry Rubin

Perhaps you remember an incredibly sensational story from back in October 2011 that after a brief period in the headlines disappeared completely. The U.S. government arrested an Iranian-American citizen in Texas and charged him with being an agent of the Iranian government who planned at Tehran’s behest to hire a Mexican drug gang to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in a fiery terrorist attack in Washington D.C. It would have been another September 11, albeit on a far smaller scale. Knowing about such an operation should have been a real game-changer for U.S. Middle East policy.

HADAR / US Elections 2012

So What Did Obama Call the Benghazi Attack?

By Daniel Tauber

Since the debate there's been a lot of analysis as to whether the President designated the attack on the U.S. embassy in Bengahzi, Libya, an act of terrorism. The President indeed used the term "act of terror" the next day but it wasn't clear if he was talking about that attack or 9-11. For the next week administration officials described the attacks as part of a protest-riot against the the U.S. over the "Innocence of Muslims" video which got out of hand.

Politics / News Briefs / Media

Crowley's Interference Saved Obama From Another Shellacking

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Candy Crowley, the moderator of the presidential debate at Hofstra University on October 16, interfered in this U.S. presidential race in a way no one ever has before and - let's hope - no one ever will again. Crowley loudly supported President Barack Obama's version of reality, and contradicted Governor Mitt Romney's recollection of the actual reality of what the president said in the Rose Garden regarding the events in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2011.

A Soldier's Mother

What's Important to America?

By Paula R. Stern

Here on vacation I woke up in the middle of the night to watch the second debate. I had not seen either the first one or the VP debate, though I saw and read clips. I thought I would be bored; I wasn't. I hoped I would be impressed - I was...by Mitt Romney.

Daniel Pipes / The Lion's Den / US Elections 2012

Reflections on the Second Presidential Debate

By Daniel Pipes

Obama got away with saying that he had characterized the attack on the Benghazi consulate as a terrorist incident because the moderator confirmed his point; in fact he misrepresented the facts when he said "The day after the attack, governor, I stood in the Rose Garden and I told the American people and the world that … this was an act of terror."

Rubin Reports

The Murders in Libya, The Presidential Debate, and The Pattern of Obama Foreign Policy

By Barry Rubin

While foreign policy did not figure large in the second presidential debate, the Middle East again emerged as the overwhelmingly main international issue. In the beginning of the debate, President Barack Obama claimed that he put a high priority on energy independence, an assertion well refuted by Governor Mitt Romney. A president who wanted energy independence, from the unreliability of Middle East supplies, could easily expand oil drilling on federal land; the use of new technology to produce oil and gas; a major pipeline from Canada; and the continued production and use of coal for generating power. To do none of these things and put his effort into restricting traditional energy sources and push hard for untested, long-term, and failed “green energy” schemes subverts energy independence. But the main emphasis in the debate was on the Benghazi assassinations.

News Briefs

Three Rockets Hit Sderot. IAF Strikes Back (updated)

By Jewish Press News Desk

At 1:04 AM Wednesday morning, the red alert siren went off in multiple towns and cities in the south. Three rockets were launched at Sederot. One rocket landed near a building, but there were no injuries. The rest landed in open areas. The IAF responded a few minutes after, hitting a target in Gaza. Update/Correction: […]

Politics / News Briefs / Media

Clinton Takes 'Responsibility' for Benghazi, But Not Blame... (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hillary told CNN that she takes “responsibility” for what happened in Benghazi, “what I want to avoid is some kind of political gotcha or blame game.”

A Soldier's Mother

Israel and Eilat

By Paula R. Stern

Eilat is a different world from most of Israel - they like it that way; they want it that way. But more and more, security is coming down here. My overwhelming memory of Eilat remains that one visit, four years ago, on our 25th wedding anniversary, when Elie's unit came under terror attack in Jerusalem as they were walking to the Western Wall days before Rosh Hashana.

News Briefs

Efrat Residents Block Bethlehem Access Road

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents of Efrat blocked a main access road from Bethlehem on Monday night. The spontaneous protest came in response to an attack on an Efrat driver on that same road, which also leads to the northern entrance of Efrat. The driver, a woman, was in shock after a massive rock was thrown at her car […]

News Briefs / Egypt

IDF on High Alert Along Egyptian Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF on high alert along Egyptian border as reports of a new attack on the Egyptian military surface.

Politics / News Briefs / Media

Our Ambassador Died, This Administration Lied (Video)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There was no demonstration outside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11/12. There was no demonstration against the film that insulted Mohammad, or any other kind of demonstration. There was an assault on our country. And our government officials knew that, yet repeatedly attempted to spin it away from that conclusion.

Editorial

Investigating Benghazi

By Editorial Board

Even before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced it would begin hearings on last month’s terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, it was clear to many that important questions needed to be answered.

News Briefs

Gaza Rocket Hits Netivot

By Jewish Press News Desk

A rocket from Gaza hit an open area near the town of Netivot Tuesday evening. This is in addition to the rockets that hit near other southern cities earlier in the evening. The town of Netivot decided that school will be open tomorrow despite the attack.

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

55 Rockets and Mortars Hit South (+ Home Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Monday morning Gazan terrorists launched 55 mortars and rockets at Israel. No one was injured in the attacks those some buildings were damaged. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are jointly taking credit for the attacks. The attacks began just before 6:00 AM when half a dozen mortars fell near a kibbutz in the Eshkol region. […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Jews and Arabs Exchange Fisticuffs in Eastern Jerusalem

By Malkah Fleisher

A group of over 20 Jews consisting of men, women, children, and elderly returning to the Maale HaZeitim neighborhood on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on the Sabbath were attacked by a group of Arabs hurling rocks and cinder blocks.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists

Temple Mount Closed to Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Warnings of additional Arab violence convince police to close the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors.

Middle East / Levant

Iran: No Retreat On Nuclear Program

By Elad Benari and Annie Lubin

Iran will not back down on its nuclear program despite the problems caused by Western sanctions, including a dramatic slide in the value of its currency, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.

News Briefs

White House Network Hacked By Chinese

By Jewish Press News Desk

FoxNews reports that White House computers were breached by Chinese hackers. The report says that the breach may have included sensitive military related computers. The breach occurred in early September, and the White House confirmed the breach on Monday. The breach occurred after a White House staff member opened a legitimate looking email attachment which contained […]

My Right Word

Why Ha'aretz is an Evil Newspaper

By Yisrael Medad

For sure, there is no "direct connection" between the book, Torat HaMelech, and the youth who carried out the vicious attack on an Arab in Zion Square although since the trial hasn't begun, we really do not know much, neither I nor the Reform Rabbi. A Rabbi, by the way, would steer clear of such an accusation, especially during the Ten Days of Penitence. But "concentration camps"?

News Briefs

Shooting Attack on Road 55 (Maaleh Shomron)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

At least two cars were shot at on Road 55 near Maaleh Shomron on Saturday night. One car was shot at on the curve leading into Maaleh Shomron. The shots were also heard by the guards at the Maaleh Shomron entrance. The marks on that car seemed to indicate the weapon used in the attack […]

Jewish / News Briefs

Rapist of Holocaust Survivor to Stand Trial

By JTA

An Australian man who allegedly raped a Holocaust survivor two decades ago will face trial.

Lessons In Emunah

My Personal Shofar Blower

By Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock

Rosh Hashanah memories take us to our shuls, homes and families. They remind us of promises made about how we would change our lives and rearrange our priorities. There may also be memories of the delicacies we ate when we were children – the chicken soup, gefilte fish and great desserts. And one sound, the sound of the shofar blasting away with its shrill notes of tekiah, shevarim... and finally the long, very last sound – the tekiah gedolah.

Israel / News Briefs

Prisoner Exchanged for Gilad Shalit Returning to Prison

By Malkah Fleisher

One of the 1,027 terrorists released last year in exchange for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit will return to jail to finish his previously set term.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IDF Thwarts Attack on Israel's Home Front

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

IDF – Israel Securities Authority target terrorists affiliated with the Defenders of al-Aqsa in the Gaza Strip who were in the final stages of planning another attack against Israeli civilians

This Ongoing War

Saturday's Chicago Bar Car Bomb Latest in Ongoing Muslim Attacks on American Targets

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

Thinking that he had loaded a car bomb into the Jeep Cherokee that he was driving, he parked it outside a bar in downtown Chicago and walked away into an alley after doing everything he thought necessary for it to detonate. Safely distant, he then pressed the trigger mechanism in the presence of the agent, intending an explosion and deaths to follow. He was then arrested. Unknown to him, the bomb was inert and was designed not to explode. A preliminary hearing is set for Monday at a U.S. courthouse in Chicago.

News Briefs / Europe / Islamists

4 Injured in Kosher Market Explosion at Paris Suburb

By Jewish Press Staff

"There was an attack inside a kosher supermarket in Sarcelles at lunchtime by two persons dressed in black who lobbed a device," said Richard Prasquier, head of France's main Jewish council CRIF. On Wednesday, a satirical French weekly published naked cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

Global / News Briefs / Islamists

Prophet Mohammed Cartoons to Be Published in Paris - Police At Ready

By Malkah Fleisher

Just recovering from riots in Yemen, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Iraq, as well as the infamous attack on the US embassy in Libya resulting in the deaths of the ambassador and 3 others, the western world is gearing up for another potential round of violence coming out of Muslim territories as a French satirical magazine promises to publish several Prophet Mohammed cartoons on Wednesday.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Islamists

Hamas to Israel: Stop the Raids, We'll Catch Rocket Units

By Jacob Edelist

According to reports in the Arab media, Hamas security forces confiscated weapons and made several arrests over the past few days among Salafi terrorists, in an attempt to prevent continued shooting and to uncover additional information about their arsenal of weapons. Hamas is focusing on the Shura Council organization, a relative newcomer on the Gaza front, established last June. As of now, more 30 Salafi terrorists have been arrested by Hamas security.

IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / Settlements

Hero's Funeral to Settler Who Defended Soldiers from Infiltrators

By Malkah Fleisher

Lior Farchi, the 43 year-old chief of security in the Samaria region Jewish community of Shaarei Tikva who was run over by a 25 year old Arab from Kafr Qasem, will be laid to rest at 2pm on Monday in a military ceremony at the Segula Cemetery in Petach Tikva. He is survived by a pregnant wife and three young children.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Arson Attack Against Jewish Restaurant in Hollywood, Florida

By Malkah Fleisher

An arson attack at the Achla Pita Grill in Hollywood, Florida may be linked to an arson committed at the same strip mall a year ago against another Jewish business.

Fresno Zionism

Surrender Corrupts the Soul of Israel

By Vic Rosenthal

Fein is wrong. The corruption of the Jewish soul did not begin in 1967. It began with the adoption of the idea that surrender is pro-Israel.

Fresno Zionism

Do we 'have Israel's back'?

By Vic Rosenthal

In March, President Obama said "when the chips are down, I have Israel’s back," but U.S. actions since have shown otherwise.

News Briefs

German Jews Warn Against Yarmulkes

By JTA

After an attack on a rabbi in Berlin, Gideon Joffe, the head of the Berlin Jewish community, said he would "not recommend that any Jew go around in parts of Berlin with a kipah." On Tuesday, Rabbi Daniel Alter of Berlin was violently attacked while picking up his daughter from a piano lesson. He currently […]

News Briefs

Massive Rock Throwing Near Ofra - One Injured

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On Thursday evening Arabs launched a massive rock attack on Israeli cars driving on Highway 60, near Ofra. Numerous cars were damaged and one Israeli was injured. MDA services treated the injured Israeli on the spot and then evacuated him to a hospital. IDF forces are searching the area for the rock throwers.

News Briefs / Settlements

Remaining Bat Ayin Minors to be Released From Police Custody

By Jewish Press News Desk

Honenu, the Israeli legal rights and aid organization announced that the two remaining minors from Bat Ayin who were arrested by police on suspicion of being involved in the August 16th firebomb attack on the Arab taxi will be released on Friday morning.

IDF & Security

Israeli Military Intel Warns Of Impending Crises

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – According to Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, Israel’s Military Intelligence head, the Jewish state will face a more unstable and Islamist environment than in previous times. This is being fueled by the unchecked rise of radical Islam, and could force Israel into unwanted conflicts.

News Briefs / The Knesset

Knesset Speaker Rivlin: Must Attack Iran, Can't Keep Bluffing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rivlin said, “If we don’t attack [Iran], we will lose our deterrence with our enemies. If Israel keeps threatening and threatening, but in the end doesn’t act, it will place us in a bad strategic position. Israel’s deterrence capabilities are a strategic asset that has no equivalent.” Rivlin then went on to attack specific individuals, such as Kadima head Shaul Mofaz, and the various former intelligence chiefs, condemnibg what he believes is their need to comment in real-time on the Iran situation, because otherwise they won’t be considered “in.”

A Soldier's Mother

Redefining Normal

By A Soldier's Mother

We would have three minutes if an attack came from Lebanon. Three minutes to get to shelter - and worry about where everyone else is and if they got to shelter in time. That's if the missiles come from Lebanon. I don't know how much time we'd have if the attack came from Syria or Iran...more, less, who knows.

Analysis

J Street Makes an Attack on Iran More Likely

By Alan M. Dershowitz

J Street should get out of the business of telling Israel how to balance existential risks regarding the security of its citizens. It should stop undercutting American policy with regard to Iran. And as an organization that claims it is both pro-Israel and pro-peace, it should recognize that its superficial approach to this complex problem is bad for peace, bad for Israel and bad for American efforts to prevent a nuclear Iran without the need for a military attack.

Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs

Report: Al-Qaeda Planning Massive Terror Attack on Israeli Plane

By Jacob Edelist

Recently there has been an increase in the warnings within the security system about possible attacks against civilian and foreign flights by terrorists affiliated with Al-Qaeda and other groups, who are working on such an attack. These efforts correspond to a promise made last year by Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, on his plan to avenge Israel's assassination of the head of his organization's military wing, Imad Mughniyah, and Israel's elimination of nuclear scientists in Iran.

News Briefs

An Evening of Firebomb and Stoning Attacks

By Jewish Press News Desk

UPDATE: Israeli TV reports that there is a possibility that the attack on the bus was a misthrow, and the taxi was not the target. Ha'aretz is now reporting that police are investigating whether the van was actually hit by a firebomb, or if the car overturned for "other reasons".   A Palestinian taxi was […]

Analysis

Al Qaeda in Spain

By Soeren Kern

In recent weeks, the Obama administration has claimed that al Qaeda "is on a path of decline that will be difficult to reverse" and the US State Department has even declared that the "war on terror is over." But the recent arrests in Spain of three suspected al Qaeda terrorists, accused of plotting an airborne attack on a shopping mall near Gibraltar, suggests that Obama's triumphalism may be premature.

The Muqata

Who Gained From the Sinai Attack?

By Jameel@Muqata

I’ve been wavering back and forth on this, but more and more people I’ve proposed this theory to are beginning to say that there might be something to it. Last week’s Sinai attack is still a mystery. A bunch of Palestinian terrorists kill the soldiers of a Muslim Brotherhood run country, all to get 2 […]

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Mordechai Kedar: Terror on the Border - Who is the True Victim?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The circumstances that were created after the murder of the Egyptian soldiers and the failure of the terror act against Israel proves the truth of the saying: "Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan." We can only imagine how great would be the cries of joy in Gaza if 18 Israeli soldiers had been killed, heaven forbid, instead of Egyptians.

Israel / News Briefs

11 Years to Jerusalem Sbarro Bombing

By Jewish Press News Desk

On August 9, 2001 a Palestinian Suicide Bomber entered the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem and blew themselves up. They killed 15 people, 7 of them children, and wounded 130 more. The murdered: Giora Balash, 60, from São Paulo, Brazil Zvika Golombek, 26, from Karmiel Shoshana Yehudit (Judy) Greenbaum, 31, from Passaic, New Jersey,USA Tehila Maoz, […]

A Soldier's Mother

Arrogance, Silence, and the Saudi Threat

By A Soldier's Mother

There is one great truth that all Israelis know; that all Jews have accepted. Today's modern Jew, at least in Israel, is different than the Jew of yesteryear.

News Briefs

Egypt Demands 3 Terrorist Heads from Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egypt has demanded that Hamas terror chief Ismael Haniyeh hand over 3 of his Hamas leaders who were involved in the attack on the Egyptian military base in the Sinai this week. According to to the Arab paper, Al Quds, Israel handed over the names of 9 terrorists that were involved in the attack. The […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Islamic Terror Groups Raise Stakes In Sinai

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Iranian-trained Islamic terrorists, who on Sunday fired their way through a border crossing along the Gaza-Egyptian-Israeli frontier with a commandeered explosives-laden Egyptian armored carrier, were heading toward Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, Israeli military sources said. That was when Israeli Bedouin border soldiers and an Israel Air Force drone attacked the vehicle and killed the terrorists.

Rubin Reports

The Meaning of the Egypt-Israel Cross-Border Attack

By Barry Rubin

You will be reading a lot of accounts of this event mostly saying the same things. But what’s really important?

Middle East / Levant / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Egyptian Security Forces Killed 20 Jihadists in Massive Northern Sinai Campaign

By Jewish Press Staff

Early Wednesday morning, Egyptian security forces launched an attack in the Sinai, killing more than 20 Islamic terrorists. The forces, comprised of army and police units, clashed with masked gunmen in different areas in the peninsula. The attack came in response to three armed gunmen who opened fire at roadblocks earlier in the night.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Muslim Brotherhood Accuses Mossad of Masterminding Deadly Sinai Border Attack

By Solomon Burke

The Islamic movement to which newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi belongs, released a statement on Monday claiming the Sinai border attack that left 16 Egyptian security officers dead “could be attributed to the Mossad," according to Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.

A Soldier's Mother

Ready, Aim...Toast

By A Soldier's Mother

Yesterday, Gaza supporters began tweeting that Israeli helicopters were randomly firing... I saw the video. It does not look random to me.

News Briefs

Religious Groups Urge Understanding following Wisconsin Shooting

By JTA

Religious groups are calling for tolerance after six people were killed in a shooting attack at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. The Anti-Defamation League condemned the violence and reached out to the Sikh community at a national level to express concern, condolences and solidarity, as well as offer its resources and guidance on institutional security […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Investigates: How Did Terrorists Manage to Drive 2 Kilometers Into Israel? (Video)

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF is currently investigating how the terrorists in Sunday's’ attack managed to drive one of their commandeered armored vehicle 2 kilometers into Israel until the IAF blew it up. In the strike, six terrorists, armed with suicide belts, were killed, while an additional two, who tried to escape on foot, were shot by IDF […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Chief: 'We Prevented a Large-Scale Disaster'

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

“Even before investigations of the attack are complete, I estimate we prevented a large-scale disaster, an extremely complex attack by terrorists operating between Sinai and the Gaza Strip," said Lt. Gen. Gantz.

Op-Eds

When Will Israel Attack Iran?

By Vic Rosenthal

All of Israel’s wars involve the US as a silent ally or silent not-so-much-ally. The question of “what will the US allow Israel to do?” is almost as important as “what is Israel capable of doing?” And the timing of any action with regard to the upcoming election is very relevant to US behavior.

Analysis

Netanyahu Plays the Romney Card

By David Samuels

Every few months, when the Israelis sense that US resolve in the sanctions department is weakening, or the Iranians enrich uranium to new levels, they ratchet up the rhetoric without any proper coordination, and cause political problems for the US President. This trick works because it forces Obama to prove that he is strong by pushing harder for stronger sanctions or else face the ire of potential voters and donors.

IDF & Security / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

Panetta: US Will Consider Using Force Against Iran Nukes

By Jacob Edelist

Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on Wednesday that if Iran does not negotiate acceptable limits on its nuclear program, it could face U.S. military action in tended to stop it from developing a nuclear bomb.

News Briefs

Hebrew University Marks 10th Anniversary of Fatal Bombing

By JTA

A memorial service at Hebrew University in Jerusalem marked the 10th anniversary of a fatal bombing there that killed nine, including five Americans. "A decade has passed since the attack, and it is not only a time to mourn, but also a time to reflect upon the mission entrusted to us," said university President Menachem […]

Israel / Global

Indian Police: Iran's Revolutionary Guard Behind Attack on Israeli Diplomat

By Jewish Press Staff

The Delhi Police investigation report states that the suspects began planning the attacks on Israeli diplomats in India and other countries in January 2011, with the help of a local Indian journalist named Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi. The report revealed that Kazmi had established relations with the individuals - and by extension the IRGC - almost 10 years prior to the attacks,

News Briefs

Updated: Cop Shot near Ma'aleh Adumim. One Reported Dead.

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

7:06 AM: The Arab who was killed trying to break through the checkpoint has been identified as Badar Achram, and is alleged to be a leader in a Palestinian organization. 1:28 AM: Not all details are clear yet. What we know so far is that one person, apparently one of the Arabs in the car who was […]

News Briefs

Arab Israeli MK Zoabi Blames Israeli Policy for Terror Attack in Bulgaria

By JTA

An Israeli Arab Knesset member said that Israeli policy led to the deadly recent terrorist attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria. "Israel is not a victim, and even when civilians are killed, the occupying Israeli policy is to blame," Channel 10 quoted Haneen Zoabi as saying. "If there was no occupation, no repression and no […]

Global

Magen David Adom Races To Bulgaria

By Elliot Resnick

“Wherever there are Israelis in trouble…we are there to help them,” said Yoni Yagodovsky, a spokesman for Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA), told The Jewish Press.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global

Israel Tightening Security Measures At Home And Abroad

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Israel’s global intelligence apparatus is being stretched thin as Iranian- controlled Hizbullah terror squads and pro-Assad Syrian chemical warfare teams are threatening to attack more Israeli citizens abroad and within Israel itself.

Sultan Knish

How Romney Can Win this Election

By Daniel Greenfield

Even when all the facts are set out before them, people still need to believe. Optimism can give people the confidence to leap the buying hurdle. Optimistic people are more likely to buy. People are more likely to vote for someone who makes them feel better, rather than someone who makes them feel worse. Obama understood that in 2008, and he's still reasonably confident that this will work for him now.

News & Views

The Terrorist Argued with her Husband and Was Blown Up by Remote Control

By Jacob Edelist

New testimony from one of the Israeli women injured in the attack sheds new light on the investigation.

Israel / Global

Bulgaria and Israel to Strengthen Strategic Cooperation on Tourism and Security

By Jewish Press Staff

Israeli Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov, together with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, at a joint press conference held on Monday in Sofia, Bulgaria, announced that Bulgaria and Israel will strengthen strategic cooperation in the areas of tourism and security.

News Briefs

Report: Germany was Warned a Month Before ‘72 Olympics Attack

By JTA

Germany was warned about a possible terror attack against Israeli athletes one month before the Munich Olympics in 1972, Der Spiegel reported. The weekly magazine reported Sunday on its website that despite solid warnings of an attack plan which were received a month before the Games, no action was taken. The Palestinian terrorists, for example, […]

This Ongoing War

How Involved in Terror Against Israelis and Jews are the Iranians?

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

When it comes to carrying out deadly terrorist attacks on Israelis and/or Jews, just how dangerous and persistent is the government of Iran?

News Briefs

Peres Says ‘Israel Will Act against Terror’ as Dead, Wounded Return Home

By JTA

President Shimon Peres said in response to the deadly attack in Bulgaria that Israel will "locate and act against terror all over the world," as the wounded and dead began arriving in Israel. "This was a bloody attack against civilians going on vacation. Many of them lost their lives, others were wounded for no reason, […]

Israel / United Nations (UN)

Bulgaria Terror Victims Evacuated to Israel, World Leaders Condemn Attack, Israeli Leaders Warn Iran

By Malkah Fleisher

Israeli rescue teams have gathered the 33 Israelis wounded in Wednesday’s terror attack on a tour bus in Bulgaria, and evacuated them home to Israel for treatment. The death toll in the bombing of the bus of Israeli tourists is listed at 8, with one injured person succumbing to wounds in hospital. A ZAKA rescue service spokesperson told Israel’s Army Radio that the remains were difficult to identify. Five Israeli victims will be flown home for burial Thursday evening after completion of the formal identification process. World leaders condemned the attack. Israeli leaders vowed to respond to Iran.

News Briefs

Netanyahu on Bulgaria Bombing: ‘All Signs Point to Iran’

By JTA

The attack, which Israel’s government is blaming on Iran, comes on the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires that left 85 people dead. Israel, Argentina and many other governments blame Iranian agents for that incident; Tehran denies the allegations. “All signs point to Iran,” Israeli Prime Minister […]

News Briefs

White House Statement on Bulgarian Terror Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Statement by President Obama on the Terrorist Attack in Bulgaria: I strongly condemn today’s barbaric terrorist attack on Israelis in Bulgaria. My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those killed and injured, and with the people of Israel, Bulgaria, and any other nation whose citizens were harmed in this awful event. These attacks […]

Israel / News Briefs

Arab Attacks 60 Year Old Man at Abraham's Well in Hebron

By Malkah Fleisher

A video uploaded to YouTube by English Spokesperson for Hebron David Wilder shows a stream of blood on the rocks of the Abraham's Well underground spring, following a near-fatal rock attack by a local Arab on a 60 year old Jewish man who came to immerse in the spring.

Global / News Briefs

UPDATE: Terror Attack Kills 7 Israeli Tourists In Bulgaria

By Jewish Press Staff

At least seven passengers were killed and 30 injured in an explosion on a tour bus carrying Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in an apparent terror attack.

Analysis

Jihadi Tourism Hits Europe

By Soeren Kern

In Norway, for example, an ethnic Norwegian convert to militant Islam who has received terrorist training from al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen, is awaiting orders to carry out an attack on the West, officials from three European security agencies said on June 25. Although the terrorist-in-waiting is believed to still be in Yemen, even if he is found he cannot be extradited: under Norwegian law it is not a crime to attend a terrorist training camp.

This Ongoing War

Why Don't We Hear About Gaza Terrorists' Routine Misfiring, Killing of their Own?

By Frimet and Arnold Roth

How often do Gaza's Palestinian Arab terrorists end up hitting their parents, children, spouses or neighbors? Do you see these self-inflicted losses reported in the news media that serve your community? Keep the question in mind the next time you hear of injuries or deaths in Gaza along with Israeli denials of involvement.

Felafel on Rye

4th of July – Gut Yom Tov!

By Tzvi Fishman

Yesterday, in what smacks of a Middle Age witch hunt and blood libel, I was ridiculed and attacked by two supposedly liberal Jewish bloggers. This is all the more interesting since their attack on me falls on the 4th of July, which for them is a cherished holy day, honoring the American principles of equality, pluralism, and freedom of speech, which obviously don’t apply to “idiot lunatic Zionists” like me who disagree with their leftist, anti-Torah opinions.

Jewish / Global / News Briefs

Police Arrest Leader of Mumbai Terror Attack

By Jewish Press Staff Reporter

Following more than three years of investigation, Indian security forces have arrested Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari aka Abu Hamza, alleged member of Lashker-e-Taiba (Army of the Righteous) and the Hindi instructor of 10 terrorists who executed the murderous attack in Mumbai in 2008.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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