Dozens reported hurt in triple terror attack Eilat at least 5 Dead
IDF soldiers among casualties; number of bombs go off near IDF patrol along border with Egypt; MDA: terrorists attack bus, private vehicle;
A three-stage terrorist attack along Israel’s border with Egypt took place Thursday morning when terrorists opened fire at an Egged bus traveling on Road 12 near Eilat.
Close to 10 passengers were wounded, including several in serious and moderate condition, and were evacuated to Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat. A number of soldiers were among the casualties.
Several minutes later, a number of bombs went off next to an IDF patrol traveling along the border with Egypt. There were also reports of mortar fire from Egypt into Israel. The terrorists apparently then moved on to another spot and fired an anti-tank missile at another vehicle, injuring a number of passengers.
The biggest protest in the history of Israel - Democracy at its best.
Jul 8, 2011
This is what a democracy looks like
Last night, August 6th 2011, the biggest protest in the history of Israel took place in Tel-Aviv, and throughout all of the state. Over 300,000 Israelis took to the streets all across Israel in support of social justice. On the stage and in the crowd - Jews & Arabs, Religious & Secular, Left & Right. Whether one agrees with their cause or not - This is what a democracy looks like.
At the same time in Syria, thousands are being killed by Assad's forces for protesting against dictatorship.
Flotilla Violates International Law, Intends To Provoke Violent Confrontation
Visit Flotillafacts.com for more information on the II Anti-Peace Flotilla
Last year, anti-Israel extremists and Turkish jihadists organized a flotilla to violate Israel's naval blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza. The Israeli Navy redirected five of the boats to the Israeli port of Ashdod without incident. However, those on the sixth boat refused to cooperate. When Israeli officers boarded the ship, the Turkish jihadists brutally attacked them with knives, metal bars, and guns. Nine jihadists were killed.
This year, the same anti-Israel extremists are planning another international flotilla against Israel. Originally, they anticipated they would have 10 to 15 ships with 1,000 to 4,000 passengers from 32 countries. They repeatedly encountered difficulties. At the time of this writing, (6-27-11) it appears there will only be 8 to 10 ships with 200 to 500 people, and the sailing date is still uncertain. Reports have also surfaced that members of the 2011 Flotilla also plan to use violence, and possibly chemical weapons, against Israeli personnel.
Nine basic facts about the flotilla:
1. The flotilla organizers blatantly violate international law by trying to breach a legal maritime blockade. According to international and customary law, Israel has the legal right to impose a land and naval blockade on Hamas-controlled Gaza. Hamas is openly dedicated to Israel's destruction, has been in an ongoing state of armed conflict against Israel, and has fired over 10,000 rockets into Israeli civilian centers. Israel has the legal right and responsibility to protect its citizens by inspecting goods entering Gaza to prevent weapons from reaching Hamas.
2. The flotilla organizers intend to aid and support Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization by members of the international community, including the U.S., Canada, Israel, the EU, Japan, and Jordan. Hamas' founding document calls for the murder of Jews, the obliteration of Israel, and Israel's replacement with an Islamist theocracy.
3. The flotilla organizers are trying to provoke a violent confrontation. If they were sincerely concerned about humanitarian aid for Gazans, they would deliver it through official Israeli entry points. Israel has repeatedly offered to deliver goods after officially inspecting them for weapons. The organizers have refused to comply. Instead, they hope their provocative, hostile breach of the blockade will compel Israel to use force and make Israel look like an aggressor.
4. Gazans are not facing a humanitarian emergency that justifies breaching the blockade. Humanitarian and consumer goods enter Gaza on a daily basis. UN officials repeatedly confirm that there is an ample supply of food and consumer goods. Israel only limits the entry of dual-purpose goods that could be used for weapons. International statistics indicate that Gazans have a higher standard of living than people in nearly all of Africa, including South Africa, as well as parts of Asia and the Middle East. In fact, Gaza faces a glut of goods, not a shortage of goods, according to recent press reports.
5. Hamas, not Israel, has caused the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas has chosen war against Israel instead of peaceful coexistence. It has imposed a repressive, dictatorial, fundamentalist regime on Gaza residents and has murdered its political rivals.
6. Flotilla organizers claim to be "nonviolent" peace activists and "human rights" activists. They are not. They are members of extremist organizations that support terrorist groups and are dedicated to the destruction of Israel. The Free Gaza Movement is an affiliate of the International Solidarity Movement, which opposes the existence of the Jewish state. The IHH (Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation) is a Turkish Islamist organization with links to jihadist organizations in Bosnia, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and elsewhere.
7. If flotilla organizers really were peace and human rights activists, they would not go to Gaza but to Libya or Syria, where the brutal Assad regime has arrested, tortured, and murdered thousands of nonviolent, freedom-seeking demonstrators and has caused thousands of others to become refugees.
8. The flotilla organizers are violating, not upholding, one of the most fundamental human rights; a nation's right and responsibility to protect itself from enemies bent on murdering its citizens and destroying its state. "As a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when our people have been killed. We will be relentless in defense of our citizens." - U.S. President Barack Obama, May 1, 2011
Organizers say Friday parade biggest in city's history. Gay religious men among the marchers
Thousands of people took part in the Tel Aviv gay pride parade on Friday. Hundreds of tourists participated in the parade, some of whom carried their own national flags. Eric Christiansen, a French tourist, told Ynet: "This is a wonderful sight and I hope it will be broadcast all over the world to show how much freedom and pluralism Israel has to offer."
Help the Dead Sea get voted for the New7Wonders of Nature
May 31, 2011
The Dead Sea has reached the final stage of the New7Wonders of Nature campaign. You too can vote and make a difference!
Vote now for the Dead Sea!
For centuries, the Dead Sea was considered "cursed ground" and only the new settlement in the area since the 1930s succeeded in turning the "curse of the salty ground" and the salt water into a blessing, bringing prosperity to the entire region.
Today, some 2,000 people live on the banks of the Dead Sea, working in tourism, agriculture, education, administration and industry. The region's residents love their home area, and through green projects and awareness-raising activities, help to preserve the Dead Sea as a world-famous ecological pearl of nature at the heart of the Great Rift Valley.
Voting for the New7Wonders of Nature Campaign make you a part of the largest democratic process taking place in this world.
You are invited to vote now, in whichever way you find convenient, to influence the global vote, and to help elect the Dead Sea as one of the Wonders of the Natural World.
TA: Driver hits cars, kills 1 in suspected terror attack
May 15, 2011
A violent 'Nakba'?
Police spokesman says truck rampage "looks deliberate," but probe ongoing into possible terror attack; driver, a Kfar Kassem resident, tells police he hit cars by accident; MDA says 17 people injured, 1 in moderate condition.
A truck driver on Sunday hit a bus and several cars in Tel Aviv, killing a 40-year-old man in what police said was a suspected terror attack.
Police said the truck struck vehicles for two kilometers from the Mesubim Junction along Bar Lev Street in Hatikva neighborhood in Tel Aviv. The man who was killed was apparently sitting in his car when he was hit by the truck.
Cairo protestors burn Israeli flags, chant 'millions of martyrs marching to Jerusalem' ahead of upcoming Palestinian 'Nakba Day'; Jordanian demonstrators demand end to peace treaty with Israel, expulsion of envoy.
Arab hostility: Tens of thousands of Egyptians gathered at Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday ahead of "Nakba Day," which will be marked by the Palestinians in two days to commemorate the "disaster" inherent in the State of Israel's establishment.
Bus bombing in Jerusalem, outside the Binyanei Hauma Convention Center
Dozens hurt, woman killed in Jerusalem bombing
Terror in capital: A woman of about 60 was killed and dozens of people were wounded Wednesday afternoon after an explosive device was detonated in a phone booth near the Jerusalem Convention Center.
On Tuesday morning (Mar. 15), IDF Navy fighters intercepted the cargo vessel Victoria which was loaded with weaponry. The vessel, flying under a Liberian flag, was intercepted some 200 miles west of Israel's coast. This incident was part of the Navy's routine activity to maintain security and prevent arms smuggling, in light of IDF security assessments.
Security forces were met with no resistance from the crew on-board.
The Israeli Navy is now leasing the vessel to an Israeli port for further, detailed inspection of the cargo.
The vessel was on its way from Mersin Port in Turkey to Alexandria Port in Egypt.
Brutal murders destroy a family as parents and 3 young children are stabbed to death in their home.
Mar 13, 2011
Celebrations in Gaza;
The house of the slaughtered family in Itamar.
A Palestinian man distributes sweets in the streets of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on March 12, 2011 to celebrate an attack which killed five Israeli settlers at the Itamar settlement near the West Bank city of Nablus.
An IDF force was alerted Monday to treat a Palestinian woman who went into labor at a checkpoint in the Jordan Valley. The soldiers worked with Palestinians at the checkpoint to move the woman to a military ambulance where she gave birth.
At around 2 am the IDF received a call about a Palestinian woman in labor. A medical task force, which included a paramedic and three army medics, was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Shalom Eisner to the scene.
The soldiers said it was very dark and that at first they had trouble locating the woman, who was in a tent on high territory inaccessible by car.
The soldiers took action, handing the Palestinians a stretcher and other medical tools and the woman was brought to the waiting ambulance.
"These soldiers really fought to save the baby. It was very exciting to see them. They didn't give up and proved that there is no higher value than saving a life," said a military source present at the rescue.
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