Entries by Arnie Singer

Israel News for June 22, 2016

Red Alert When rockets are launched from Gaza into Israel, residents hear a “red alert” siren. Now residents will hear the “red alert” in the event of an active tunnel discovery. The only difference is that in addition to the siren, residents will also receive an SMS message saying, “Due to terrorist digging, residents are […]

Israel News for June 21, 2016

Terror on 443 Terrorists threw rocks and firebombs at vehicles traveling on a stretch of route 446 near Modiin at around 1am today. They also dumped on oil on the highway, which connects the center of the country to Jerusalem. One Israeli on a bus and two tourists in a car were injured. Shortly after […]

Israel News for June 20, 2016

Settlement Budget The government has approved a NIS 72 million budget for the security of settlements in Judea and Samaria. But not all the money is going to “security”. Funding is allocated for construction, education, economic development and tourism. For further reading click here. Shabbat Busing Last week we told you about a proposed bill […]

Israel News for June 17, 2016

Jerusalem Terror Terrorists threw four firebombs at a home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanetziv today. The firebombs were thrown from a street in neighboring Jabel Mukaber. Shortly after the attack, Police arrested four Arabs, all from Hebron. For further reading click here. PM Contender Former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has declared that he […]

Israel News for June 16, 2016

Gaza Wall Israel’s Defense Ministry has announced that Israel will build a wall along the entire 60 mile Gaza border that will extend tens of meters below as well as above ground. The wall will cost over 2 billion shekels, and guess whose going to pay for it: no, not Mexico. The Israeli taxpayer will […]

Israel News for June 15, 2016

Jerusalem Fire A large fire is raging in the Jerusalem forest at the entrance to the city near the Givat Shaul neighborhood. The fire is being fought by 35 firefighting units along with eight aircraft. The fire is approaching the main Electric Company power station and is spreading towards the Har Nof neighborhood. Electric Company […]

Israel News for June 14, 2016

Peace Proposal In recent weeks, as the French sponsored international peace summit took form, reports circulated about the openness of PM Netanyahu to a 2002 Saudi Arabian sponsored peace proposal adopted by the Arab League. Newly appointed Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman also seemed to indicate hope in a potential peace agreement. The Egyptian president announced […]

Israel News for June 10, 2016

UN Responds The UN Security Council last night condemned Wednesday’s deadly Tel Aviv terror attack and called for those responsible to be brought to justice. In a statement, the 15-member Council expressed its deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government of Israel, wishing a speedy recovery to those […]

Israel News for June 9, 2016

Terror in TA Two Arab terrorists opened fire in a crowded Max Brenner restaurant in Tel Aviv’s popular Sarona Market, which is adjacent to the headquarters of the IDF and Ministry of Defense, killing four people and wounding 16. Police managed to shoot both terrorists and take them into custody. One of the terrorists died […]

Israel News for June 8, 2016

IAF Strikes Syrian military sources quoted on a Syrian opposition sponsored news site claim that Israeli planes attacked a military position 13 kilometers north of Homs, which is about 100 miles north of Damascus just north of Lebanon. The sources report that the IAF attack, which occurred two days ago, was directed against Hezbollah weapons […]