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Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Your news from Israel - 30 November 2016 - THE JERUSALEM JOURNAL

IRAN: NAVAL BASES IN SYRIA, YEMEN ARE "MORE IMPORTANT THAN NUCLEAR POWER" ...by Brian Schrauger

Iran's vision for its future is vast. The "territory" it forsees as its own will require naval bases in Syria, Yemen, the Indian Ocean, and on manmade islands. Establishing these bases, it says, is "ten times more important than nuclear power." READ MORE...

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THE REAL REASON FOR TODAY'S RESURGENCE OF ANTISEMITISM

Antisemitism, reaches back at least as far as Pharaohs in Egypt who murdered Jewish boys and refused to voluntarily release the Jews from slavery. It is a virus of the human soul that persists and, once again, is going viral. But what is its cause? Auschwitz survivor, former Mossad agent and sports journalist, Noah Klieger, gives one reason. READ MORE...

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ISRAEL WATCHES: PUTIN MANEUVERS TO ESTABLISH BASE IN LIBYA ...by Brian Schrauger

Libya's General is in Moscow seeking help in the fight against ISIS. For his part, Putin may be asking for a new military base on Europe's southern doorstep. The prize that everybody seeks? Libya's Mediterranean oil fields. READ MORE...

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POST-FIRE REHAB IN ISRAEL COULD TAKE 30 YEARS ...VIDEO INCLUDED

A week of wildfires throughout the country has destroyed whole communities and devastated huge swaths of Israel's natural reserves and wildlife. From drone footage over Israel, see for yourself. READ MORE...

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Monday, November 28, 2016

A Tree of Life - Israel Today

A Tree of Life

Monday, November 28, 2016 | Israel Today Staff

After the numerous wars and intifadas (Arab uprisings) Israel can include another conflagration in the history books: "The war for our own possessions" with a "fire intifada"! This is not new terror but rather just another way to fight Israel!

Since last Tuesday, the 22nd of November when the first fire was intentionally set, the Israeli fire service and rearguard soldiers have fought the flames in numerous places like Haifa and the Jerusalem mountains. More than 500 homes and houses have been completely destroyed and in Haifa more than 60,000 people were evacuated at the height of the fires. Firefighting aircraft from all over the world helped to fight the fires. Israel's citizens have been standing shoulder-to-shoulder in support, among them Arab citizens, who opened their hearts and doors to fire victims.

Approximately 3,000 acres of forests in Haifa and the Jerusalem hills have been destroyed. Now the houses have to be rebuilt and the forests have to be replanted. It will take years and, in some cases, even decades until nature regenerates itself.

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Sunday, November 27, 2016

WATCH: American Supertanker in Action Near Jerusalem - Israel Today

WATCH: American Supertanker in Action Near Jerusalem

Sunday, November 27, 2016 | Israel Today Staff

Twenty-nine aircraft are currently taking part in the battle against fires raging across Israel, among them the US 747 Supertanker.

The Supertanker was spotted over the weekend helping to contain a fire that destroyed part of the Jerusalem-area village of Nataf.

Thousands of exhausted firefighters continue to battle blazes, which now number over 600 in the past week.

The northern port city of Haifa and the Jerusalem corridor have been hardest hit. Hundreds of homes have burned, and over 75,000 have been evacuated, many of them with nothing to return to.

The fires have so far consumed 32,000 acres of forest, 30 percent more than the disastrous Carmel Forest fire of 2010.

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