Your news from Israel - 10 March 2017 - The Jerusalem Journal

AMENDED LAW BANS BOYCOTTERS FROM ENTERING ISRAEL Under the amended law, no visa or residency permit of any kind will be granted to persons who knowingly and publicly calls to boycott Israel or who participates in a boycott against Israel. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ ON HIS WAY TO MOSCOW, NETANYAHU'S MESSAGE FOR PUTIN: I WILL OPPOSE ANY IRANIAN FOOTHOLD IN SYRIA In two days, Netanyahu is making a day-trip to Moscow. Unaccompanied by the press corps, his biggest concerns center on Syria. Specifically... READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ INTELLIGENCE REPORT: US ACTION IN SYRIA CHALLENGES RUSSIAN EXPANSION, ONLY DAYS BEFORE NETANYAHU DEPARTS FOR MOSCOW ...by Brian Schrauger In the middle of political attacks vis-a-vis Russia, US President Donald Trump has made his first military move in Syria. Two days before Netanyahu goes to Moscow, it is a direct challenge to Russian expansion in its Middle East stronghold. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ AS TRUMP BATTLES POLITICAL FOES, MOSCOW RE-ALIGNS WITH TEHRAN IN SYRIA Unwilling to wait for Trump to deal with his political enemies, Moscow has scoffed and quickly moved to re-align with Iran in Syria. As a result, Tehran's military presence is solidifying across Israel's northern borders, both in Syria and, via its Hezbollah proxy, in Lebanon. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ D O N A T E !        E N D O W ! Around the world, news agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their operations. As a result, the quality of news, especially written news, is suffering. If you do not want to see this happen to news about Israel, from Israel, we need your help.  If you have a passion for the news, especially news about Israel and from Israeli perspectives, help us. Donate a monthly amount, endow us for the present and coming crucial years. CLICK HERE There is also a need to go on location where stories are happening stories. Because we are already in the Middle East, we do not have to go far. Still, there is a cost in sending reporters to places "on the ground" where stories are happening. Partner with us in this work through your monthly donation.

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Your news from Israel - 7 March 2017 - The Jerusalem Journal

ONE OF THE WORLD'S STRONGEST CURRENCIES: ISRAEL'S SHEKEL In spite of global efforts to hinder Israel's economy, especially via the Boycott-Sanctions-Divestment (BDS) campaign, guess what country has one of the strongest currencies in the world? READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ KNIFE-WIELDING TERRORIST INSIDE ISRAELI HOME SHOT BY FATHER: WIFE AND BABY IN NEXT ROOM Hearing a suspicious noise, Shabtai Koshobalski opened his front door where he found himself face-to-face with Saad Muhammad Ali Qaisiya holding two knives, one in each hand. With his wife and baby in the next room, Koshobalski, unarmed, attacked his family's would-be murderer. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST FACEBOOK GOES TO COURT: 'REMOVE CONTENT CALLING FOR MURDER OF JEWS' "Facebook believes it is allowed to make billions of dollars in profits every year without any obligation to demonstrate responsibility, supervise and remove content calling for the murder of Jews worldwide." ~Attorney, Nitzana Darshan-Leitner READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ 10 CONSTRUCTS OF GENOCIDAL EVIL: INSIDE THE MIND OF IRAN'S "SUPREME LEADER" ...by Brian Schrauger According to the "Supreme Leader" of Iran, Israel is "another dirty page in history which will be closed." Clearly, the problem of bloodthirsty, genocidal evil is more than just a study of past; it is a matter of current events. What is the mental construct that justifies such evil? Why is it so virulent, so persistent throughout human history? Here are 10 constructs of evil thinking. They are also 10 reasons why it is so infectious. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ PUTIN MANEUVERS FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE, HEROISM If Putin is able to persuade Saudi King Salman to accept Assad’s return to the Arab League summit — and calm the animus between Iran and Saudi Arabia — the Russian leader's reputation in the Arab world will soar. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ D O N A T E !        E N D O W ! Around the world, news agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their operations. As a result, the quality of news, especially written news, is suffering. If you do not want to see this happen to news about Israel, from Israel, we need your help.  If you have a passion for the news, especially news about Israel and from Israeli perspectives, help us. Donate a monthly amount, endow us for the present and coming crucial years. CLICK HERE There is also a need to go on location where stories are happening stories. Because we are already in the Middle East, we do not have to go far. Still, there is a cost in sending reporters to places "on the ground" where stories are happening. Partner with us in this work through your monthly donation.

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Your news from Israel - 2 March 2017 The Jerusalem Journal

TAUNTING THE GOD OF ISRAEL 2,700 YEARS AGO, MURDERED ASSYRIAN KING LOOTED BY ISIS ISIS looters of Jonah's tomb in Nineveh inadvertently made a whale of a discovery. Now that the terror group has been driven from the site, archaeologists in Iraq are confirming discovery of a palace that a notorious enemy of ancient Israel called his home. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ FOUR IMMINENT AND MENACING THREATS TO THE JEWISH STATE Israel today is facing four menacing and imminent threats. In order to address them and protect its people, it must focus on the present, not the past. And it must determine to eliminate the threats, not contain them. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ IN PRESENCE OF US NAVY FIFTH FLEET, IRAN LAUNCHES NAVAL WAR GAMES NEAR STRAIT OF HORMUZ In a direct challenge to US President Donald J. Trump, Iran yesterday launched a major naval war game near the Strait of Hormuz, the same place where Trump has deployed the US Navy's massive Fifth Fleet. With surface ships and submarines, special forces and an array of high-tech systems, Iran says it is a "message of peace and friendship" to regional countries in the Middle East and "poses no threat to other countries." READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ ROBOTIC WARRIORS IN ISRAEL'S NEAR FUTURE? Robotic warfare may be closer than many think. According to Israeli Minister Ayoob Kara, assassin robots could be a part of Jerusalem's arsenal in "two or three" years. READ MORE... ✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡✡ D O N A T E !        E N D O W ! Around the world, news agencies are finding it increasingly difficult to fund their operations. As a result, the quality of news, especially written news, is suffering. If you do not want to see this happen to news about Israel, from Israel, we need your help.  If you have a passion for the news, especially news about Israel and from Israeli perspectives, help us. Donate a monthly amount, endow us for the present and coming crucial years. CLICK HERE There is also a need to go on location where stories are happening stories. Because we are already in the Middle East, we do not have to go far. Still, there is a cost in sending reporters to places "on the ground" where stories are happening. Partner with us in this work through your monthly donation.

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