An Egyptian Salafi preacher has hit out at Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi, labeling him an “illegitimate” leader for failing to enforce Islamic laws on the country since he took office. Ahmad Ashoush, in an interview with Al Arabiya, said Mursi was brought to power according to a man-made constitution that is unrecognized by his
The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel has demanded that Israel stop transferring funds to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in order to put an end to the situation in which Israelis pay for electricity for the very terrorists who are attempting to murder them. The Finance Ministry is funding a 3 billion shekel
IDF commanders began Friday morning to brief their troops in advance of a possible ground operation in Gaza. Thousands of reservists have been called up for duty, and a total of at least 16,000 will be summoned for service. While troops gathered outside Gaza, terrorists in the area continued their attacks on civilian communities
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question, except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors." Israel is like Guernica, the Basque town that in 1937 was the premature victim of the savage and merciless Nazi Blitzkrieg that was to sweep Europe. But there
Although over 250 rockets have been fired at Israel since the beginning of operation "Pillar of Defense," according to IDF spokespersons, things could have been worse still. Since the start of Wednesday's military operation, the Iron Dome system has intercepted over 80 rockets, en route to cities in the south of the country.
Since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense, the IDF has struck more than 300 targets throughout Gaza, according to a statement released by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit on Thursday. The statement said that during the day on Thursday, the IDF continued to launch attacks on dozens of rocket launching sites in Gaza, causing
Israel will take “whatever action is necessary” to defend its citizens from Palestinian rocket attacks, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday as the military pressed a massive operation in Gaza. Israel will “continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people,” he said at a televised press conference in Tel Aviv.
Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and residents were told to head for shelter Thursday evening. An explosion was reportedly heard. Magen David Adom said that there were no casualties. Voice of Israel public radio said that the rocket is believed to have struck in a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, but Home Front Defense
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr called on the United States to “immediately intervene” to end “Israeli aggression on Gaza, Reuters reported Thursday. Amr “requested that the United States immediately intervene to stop Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people in Gaza,” MENA news agency reported, adding that Amr spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Israeli ambassador to Egypt, Yaakov Amitai, reportedly left Cairo on Wednesday night, the website of the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper reported. Sources at the Cairo International Airport told the newspaper that Amitai left on a Jordanian Airlines flight. Amitai, who has been Israeli ambassador to Egypt since December 2011, was summoned earlier by the
