Tag Archives: Israel

Book about killing gentile children becomes bestseller in Israel

Posted by EU Times on Nov 11th, 2009

JERUSALEM – A Jewish rabbi has issued a book giving Jews permission to murder non-Jews, including babies and children, who may pose an actual or potential threat to Jews or Israel.

“It is permissible to kill the Righteous among non-Jews even if they are not responsible for the threatening situation,” -Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro,

who heads the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in the Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank, wrote in his book “The King’s Torah.” Continue reading Book about killing gentile children becomes bestseller in Israel

EU calls on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes

A Palestinian woman sits next to the remains of her home after it was demolished by Israeli bulldozers in a disputed military zone in the area of Musafir Jenbah, which includes several villages, south of the West Bank town of Hebron on February 2, 2016. (Hazem Bader/AFP)

Diplomatic wrangling ratchets up over European-funded prefab homes given to Palestinians in West Bank which Israel says are illegal

By AFP and Sue Surkes February 7, 2016, 4:03 am

BRUSSELS, Belgium – The European Union on Saturday called on Israel to halt the demolition of Palestinian housing, some of which was EU-funded, and reiterated its opposition to expanding Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Continue reading EU calls on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes

Health minister’s medical marijuana plan gets underway

Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party at a Finance Committee meeting, December 16, 2013 (Flash90)

Litzman’s overhaul includes training doctors who will be able to prescribe cannabis, and making it available in pharmacies

Continue reading Health minister’s medical marijuana plan gets underway

The Pope canonises four new saints and appeals for peace in the Holy Land

Vatican City, 18 October 2015 (VIS) – This Sunday in St. Peter’s Square the Pope celebrated Holy Mass for the canonisation of Blesseds Vincenzo Grossi (1845-1917), diocesan priest and founder of the Institute of the Daughters of the Oratory; Maria Isabel Salvat Romero (Mary of the Immaculate Conception), (1926-1998), superior general of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross; and the spouses Louis Martin (1823-1894) and Zelie Guerin (1831-1877). Continue reading The Pope canonises four new saints and appeals for peace in the Holy Land

‘Israel is a terrorist state’

In addition to mass arrests at demonstrations, Israeli police made a series of unlawful “preventive arrests” of political activists [Reuters]

Palestinian citizens of Israel are angered by Israel’s restrictions on access to al-Aqsa and Palestinian casualties.

Jonathan Cook | 12 Oct 2015 09:57 GMT |

Nazareth –  The violence rocking the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and now Gaza is on the verge of spilling into Israel, Palestinian leaders in Israel warned.

A wave of unrest has swept Palestinian towns in Israel over recent days, with repeated clashes with Israeli police in Nazareth, Jaffa, Lod, Ramle, Taibeh, Sakhnin, Rahat, Kfar Qassem and elsewhere. Dozens of protesters have been arrested. Continue reading ‘Israel is a terrorist state’

Neutron Bomb – (Nuclear) bunker buster back in May 2015

An American, mini Nuclear, bomb used by Israel on a non nuclear country, Yemen?

Continue reading Neutron Bomb – (Nuclear) bunker buster back in May 2015

Did Israel just use new Bunker Buster to bomb Iranian Missile Base in Yemen?

April 25, 2015

Editor’s Note…One of the Internet’s best independent analysts, Thomas Wictor, who specializes in Open Source Battle damage assessment, believes this may be the case: The Israelis and\or their Saudi allies have managed to come up with a roughly comparable substitute to the American MOAB Bunker Buster and have managed to convert a Boeing 707 tanker to a weaponized platform to carry such bombs. Continue reading Did Israel just use new Bunker Buster to bomb Iranian Missile Base in Yemen?

Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel

ZEINA KARAM and KARIN LAUB The Associated Press Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel

5:24 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015

UNITED NATIONS — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told world leaders Wednesday that he is no longer bound by agreements that have defined relations with Israel for the past two decades and are meant to form the basis for a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict.  Continue reading Abbas says Palestinians no longer bound by pacts with Israel

Israel disrupting US peace effort: Abbas tells UN

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kisses the Palestinian flag as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon looks on as they attend the flag-raising ceremony for Palestine in the Rose Garden during the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly yesterday in New York City.  Photo: AFP

TWO-STATE SOLUTION:Israel said that Abbas was ‘encouraging lawlessness,’ as it urged the Palestinian Authority to start talks with no conditions attached Reuters, UNITED NATIONS Continue reading Israel disrupting US peace effort: Abbas tells UN

Latest provocations could ignite fresh Israeli-Palestinian violence, warns UN envoy

15 September 2015 – The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council today that he is gravely concerned over the violence and continuing clashes in and around the holy sites of the Old City of Jerusalem, and urged all leaders to ensure that visitors and worshippers demonstrate restraint and respect for the sanctity of the area. Continue reading Latest provocations could ignite fresh Israeli-Palestinian violence, warns UN envoy

Why Israel wants a religious war over Al-Aqsa

‘The present struggle over Al-Aqsa is the consequence of Israel’s use of religious dogma as a cover for its violent settler-colonialism,’ says Abunimah [AP]

The struggle over Al-Aqsa Mosque is a colonial and not a religious one, Palestinian experts say. Continue reading Why Israel wants a religious war over Al-Aqsa