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Suspected Car Ramming Attack Prevented In A-Ram, One Palestinian Killed
13 July, 2016 |
9 years ago
One Palestinian was killed early Wednesday morning, after it was suspected that he was attempting to run over IDF soldiers in A-Ram, near Ramallah.
IDF forces, in conjunction with the Israeli police, were in the midst of raiding a weapons manufacturing workshop, when they noticed a car accelerating towards them and opened fire. One passenger was killed and another was lightly wounded and evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem. A third man was taken in for questioning.
The raid netted machinery for manufacturing weapons.
EU Critisizes Newly Passed NGO Law as “Endangering Democratic Values”
12 July, 2016 |
9 years ago
The European Union (EU) harshly condemned Israel’s new ‘transparency law’, saying that it undermines Israel’s democracy and endangeres its shared values with Europe.
The ‘transparency law’, also known as the ‘NGO bill’, mandates NGO’s which receive more then half of their funding from foreign governments to file an annual report to the NGO Registrar, and include the information in their published reports. It passed its second and third readings in the Knesset on Monday by a margin of 57 supporters and 48 destractors.
Protesters Block Family Members of Palestinian Prisoners At Megiddo Prison
12 July, 2016 |
9 years ago
A number of activists who are demanding the return of the body of Oron Shaul, a fallen soldier in Operation Protective Edge in 2014 whose body was captured by Hamas, are preventing family members of the prison’s Palestinian inmates from visiting their respective relatives.
Israeli Forces Arrest 17 Terror Suspects and Seize Weapons in Judea and Samaria
12 July, 2016 |
9 years ago
Israeli security forces held a widespread operation overnight in the Palestinian city of Qalqilya, resulting in the discovery of six rifles, ammunition, stun grenades, a magazine and more fighting equipment. Ten suspects were arrested during the operation, including one member of the Hamas terror organization.
Elsewhere in Judea and Samaria, IDF, Border Police and police forces arrested seven additional terror suspects, four of whom are Hamas members. The rest are suspected of participating in violent riots directed against Israeli civilians and security forces.
All the arrested terror suspects have been taken for questioning.
In Nablus, rocks were thrown at buses driving Israeli visitors to Joseph’s Tomb located on the outskirts of the Samarian city. Palestinians held several riots during the arrival and departure of the 30 buses, who were accompanied by IDF forces, resulting in no injuries.
Liberman Outlaws Palestinian Group Linked to Hezbollah and Iran
11 July, 2016 |
9 years ago
Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday outlawed the Palestinian group “Al Hirak AL Shababi”, also called the Independent Youth Movement (IYM).
The decision came after extensive information was gathered on the group, revealing that it is directed by the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon and by Iran, with the goal of carrying out attacks against Israelis and igniting a wave of terror attacks by residents of eastern Jerusalem and the Palestinian territories against Israel and the PA.
