Monthly Archives: July 2012

Egypt Border: Soldiers ‘Request Bulletproof Buses’

By | 2012-07-23T12:55:29-04:00 July 23rd, 2012|News|

Soldiers serving along the border with Egypt have repeatedly requested that they be transported to and from their positions in bulletproof buses. According to Voice of Israel radio, the requests were renewed after Sunday's incident, in which sniper fire hit a bus carrying soldiers on Route 10.   According to the report, the bus was

Iran and Hizbullah Tried to Attack in 20 Different Countries

By | 2012-07-23T12:41:29-04:00 July 23rd, 2012|Reports|

Iran and Hizbullah have tried to carry out terrorist attacks in over 20 countries around the world over the past two years, Mossad Director Tamir Pardo and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Yoram Cohen said on Sunday.   Pardo and Cohen made the remarks during a meeting with the Israeli Cabinet, during which they

Israel: Syrian Forces Crossed into Our Territory

By | 2012-07-22T23:30:00-04:00 July 22nd, 2012|News|

Israel filed a complaint against Syria Monday in the United Nations, alleging that Syrian forces crossed the border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights last week.   Israel's Deputy UN Ambassador, Haim Waxman, sent a letter to the UN Security Council Secretary General, in which he said that during fighting Thursday between the

Terrorists Fire on IDF Bus from Egypt

By | 2012-07-22T13:45:20-04:00 July 22nd, 2012|News|

Terrorists hiding behind sand dunes fired on a bus filled with soldiers at the border near Eilat Sunday afternoon. The bus was damaged.   The attack occurred several hours after another explosion on the Egyptian-Israeli gas pipeline. The two incidents are not necessarily connected but underscore the ability of Muslim terrorists to operate freely in

Arson Terrorism Suspected in Repeated Jerusalem Fire

By | 2012-07-22T13:10:31-04:00 July 22nd, 2012|News|

Another wildfire that erupted late Saturday night on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem has raised suspicions of more terror arson activity.   The blaze ignited very close to where another major fire burned through forestland earlier this summer.   In that incident, the flames spread to a nearby IDF army base, and 12 soldiers were evacuated

Pro-Israel group wins right to place ‘defeat jihad’ ads on New York City buses

By | 2012-07-21T22:06:30-04:00 July 21st, 2012|News|

A pro-Israel group must be allowed to place a paid advertisement on New York City public buses that equates jihadists with savages, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.   The opinion by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan said a 1997 rule by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that barred demeaning language in advertisements was

Al-Qaeda Linked Group Claims Responsibility for Burgas Terror

By | 2012-07-21T21:41:35-04:00 July 21st, 2012|News|

The Muslim terrorist group Ka’adat el-Jihad claimed responsibility Saturday for a terrorist bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria. The bombing in Bulgaria last week killed five Israelis, one a pregnant woman.   The Lebanese paper El-Nashra reported that the group, which has ties to Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility in an email to the Arab press.   The email

Syria Fighting Continues as Army Pounds Damascus

By | 2012-07-21T21:25:18-04:00 July 21st, 2012|News|

The fighting in Syria continued on Friday, as army helicopters pounded Damascus with rockets and heavy machine guns and tanks bombarded the capital from the ring road, to try to reverse relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad's entourage was assassinated.   “The regime has been rudderless for last three days. But

Bulgaria Police Looking for Another Suspect

By | 2012-07-21T18:20:21-04:00 July 21st, 2012|Reports|

Bulgarian police are conducting a manhunt for another suspect who is believed to have assisted the terrorist who carried out the attack in Burgas which killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian citizen on Wednesday.   According to a report in NRG-Ma’ariv, local security forces suspect that the suspect may be in possession of another bomb.

Murdering 1,000 Christians Is Not Terrorism Says U.S.

By | 2012-07-21T15:04:33-04:00 July 21st, 2012|Op-Eds|

In the past three years, over 1,000 Christians in Nigeria have been brutally murdered by an extremist Islamic group known as Boko Haram and the United States has refused to classify the group as being a terrorist organization. Nigeria’s Christian leaders had asked the United States government to place Boko Haram on the list of