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Sana Elbaz, the daughter of a Bedouin family from Tel Sheva who lit a celebratory torch at Israel's 60th anniversary ceremony in Jerusalem, saw her car set ablaze by unknown persons outside of her house on Thursday night. A molotov cocktail was also thrown at her door, but her house remained undamaged. Elbaz was watching TV late on Thursday when she heard the sound of glass breaking outside of her home. She alerted her neighbors, who helped to put out her blazing car, and called the police and her husband. "The first thing that had crossed my mind when I...

Eight youths from Jerusalem were arrested Tuesday on suspicion they assaulted and stabbed two Israeli Arabs, residents of the Shuafat refugee camp, Army Radio reported. The assault occurred on the eve of Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism near the entrance to the Pisgat Ze'ev shopping mall. One of the victims sustained moderate wounds and his friend did not require any medical care. Advertisement According to Army Radio, the eight suspects said during police questioning that the assault was part of efforts to rid the Pisgat Ze'ev neighborhood of Arabs.

(IsraelNN.com) A Syrian newspaper reported that Hizbullah plans to activate masses of Israeli Arab terrorists in the next war. “A high-ranking Hizbullah official has said the party would launch an offensive on Israel in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 in case the Jewish state wages a new war,” the Iranian Fars News Agency reported in its coverage of the Syrian magazine Al-Hakika’s interview with the unnamed Hizbullah man. Further elaborating, the Hizbullah planner, a member of the group’s religious “Shura Council,” said, "We would not initiate war but in case they wage any war in the future, there will...

Thousand Island dressing stirs Muslim row Website calls on Israeli Arabs to avoid dressing after consumer discovers it contains alcohol Roee Nahmias Published: 04.13.08, 10:28 / Israel Culture No dressing for you – another product banned by MuslimsPhoto: Dana Kopel A website affiliated with the northern branch of Israel's Islamic Movement warned its readers to avoid a brand of Thousand Island dressing produced by a well-known Israeli company. The warning was issued after a local Arab discovered that the dressing contains alcohol. The Palestine 48 website called on its readers to stay away from the dressing after being approached by...

An Arab citizen of Israel and member of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) Monday listed himself as a representative of "Palestine" at a high-profile conference in Qatar. Ahmed Tibi listed himself on the registry at the Doha Forum, which was attended by an Israeli delegation headed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, as heading up a six-man team from Palestine - a state which never has, and still does not exist, but which the international community headed by the US is working to create on ancient Jewish lands. At the conference, Tibi smeared the country that had elevated him to position of...

Some 48 percent of Israeli Arabs believe Iran should be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, according to a poll released recently by the University of Haifa. Professor Sami Samuha, who supervised the poll, attributed the high level of support to Israeli Arabs' desire for "Israel not to be a strong state," or from the stance that "Israel must be stood up to by strong Arab or Muslim states that can restrain it." The survey also found that 75.5 percent of Israeli Arab citizens think Israel should hold direct negotiations with Hamas. Another 84 percent support a two state-solution, the poll...

(IsraelNN.com) Security services suspect that former MK Azmi Bishara, a fugitive living abroad accused of providing aid to Hizbullah, is intent on recruiting agents for the Lebanese terrorist group among Israeli Arabs. In recent days, agents of the General Security Services (GSS) invited activist members of the Balad party from Wadi Ara to the agency's offices and warned them against contact with Bishara. Balad was led by Bishara until his flight from the country in 2007. A member of the Arab Coordinating Committee, Ashraf Kortam, was also questioned by security services about his relationship with Bishara. He was asked to...

The Tel Aviv District Court has sentenced Taibe resident Dubian Nazirat, 30, to nine years in jail after he was charged with conspiring to assist the enemy during wartime. Nazirat was a member of an Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigade cell that planned to carry out a terror attack on a train as well as at the Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv in 2004. The men intended to plant an explosive device on the railroad tracks near Netanya before detonating it with a cellular phone. The attack was thwarted a day before its planned execution. Two more Taibe residents, Mujhad Dukan, 22,...

A young Arab man from a small town in northern Israel was arrested on Tuesday after he shot and critically wounded his 19-year-old sister to "preserve family honor." According to the 24-year-old attacker's own testimony, proudly given to police and rescue personnel that he himself called, he shot his sister twice in the head and then repeatedly kicked all parts of her body. Believing the girl to be dead, the young man went to report the deed to his family, which warmly congratulated him for preserving their honor in the context of Islamic law. Meanwhile, the girl was rushed to...

(IsraelNN.com) At least 13 Jews were arrested Sunday in Jabel Mukaber, in southern Jerusalem, after nationalist protesters entered the village to try and tear down the home of the terrorist who murdered eight yeshiva boys 10 days ago. Some time after 8:00 P.M., the police declared the demonstration illegal and dispersed the protesters. One police officer was very lightly hurt. There was damage to property inside the village, including cars and homes. The events began after 5:00 P.M., when hundreds of nationalist Jews gathered at the Armon HaNatziv promenade with the intent of entering Jabel Mukaber and tearing down the...

An incitement campaign promoted by Arab leaders and MKs is what led to the terror attack at Mercaz Harav yeshiva in Jerusalem on Thursday, MK Avigdor Lieberman (Yisrael Beiteinu), said Friday. "Their incitement certainly contributed to the atmosphere that led an Israeli citizen who works in Israel to carry out an attack," he stated. Lieberman told Ynet that "unfortunately, we are submerged in a wave of terror. It doesn't matter whether it's a terrorist coming from Hebron to Dimona, an attempted lynching in east Jerusalem like several days ago, the Qassam fire on Sderot or Ashkelon or this serious attack...

Israeli Arab leaders convene emergency meeting to discuss escalation in Gaza, condemn Israel and call for unity among Palestinian factions. Mass rally planned for Tuesday in Umm al-Fahm The Israeli Arab Higher Monitoring Committee convened for an emergency meeting Sunday to discuss the escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. The committee decided to draft a proposal for national unity between Hamas and Fatah in light of the situation, and plans to hold a mass rally in Umm al-Fahm Tuesday in protest of the operation in the Strip. Most of the Israeli Arab MKs attended the meeting, and...

Charges of "Little fascist!" and "Traitor!" rang out as tempers frayed at the Knesset Education Committee meeting Sunday, during a debate about national service for Israeli Arabs. MK Jamal Zahalka (Balad) and MK Avigdor Lieberman (Israel Beiteinu) could not restrain themselves to polite debate as they championed opposite sides of the issue. "The leaders of the Arab community oppose national service. We are fulfilling our rights and obligations to explain to the youngsters the ramifications. Whoever does national service will be caught in the middle, and Arab society will consider him a traitor and a leper," Zahalka declared. "The haredi...

Dr. Aaron Lerner 26 December, 2007 Poll Methodology Representative sample 514 Israeli Arabs Over 18 years old Phone calls: 3-5 Dec. 2007 + - 4.5% margin of error. KEEVOON Research, Strategy & Communications. www.keevoon.com 1. "There has been a lot of talk lately about the formation of a new Palestinian State. It has been suggested by some that Israeli Arabs could continue to live in Israel, but change their citizenship to the new Palestinian State. Given the choice, and continuing to live where you presently live today, would you prefer to be a citizen of Israel or of a new...

Pali Dictionary (2007)   The guide to the Arab Muslim 'Palestinian' propagandist    A security 'check point' (the one you have in the airports that effects all Israelis too) = "oppression".   Arrests of terrorists = "subjugation".   Equal rights, equal treatment, freedom for all & democracy = "apartheid".   Terror camps = "refugee camps".   Terror attacks aiming at the unarmed innocent civilians = "freedom fighting".   Cowards hiding among civilians = "fighters".   Reluctance to shoot at terrorists surrounded by civilians = "weak Zionists".   Use of human shields = "heroism".   Unintended deaths of human shields = "victims...

Israeli Court: Israel must re-route barrier http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_barrier_9 By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago BILIN, West Bank - In an embarrassing blow to Israel, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw the route of its West Bank separation barrier near a Palestinian village that has come to symbolize opposition to the enclosure. ADVERTISEMENT Residents of the village of Bilin went to court arguing that the current route, built on village land, kept them from their fields and orchards, which remained on the other side of the barrier. Villagers and their Israeli and foreign supporters have...

Why Does Olmert Evict Jews, But Not Arabs, From Unauthorized Dwellings Following yesterday’s forcible eviction by some 3,000 Israeli military personnel of two Jewish families from their homes in Hebron who had been originally promised permits... “We are shocked and deeply concerned by the deployment of 3,000 Israeli armed personnel ... to evict two Jewish families from their homes and destroy the holy place of worship, the Shalhevet Pass synagogue, named in commemoration of the ten-month-old baby murdered by a Palestinian Authority (PA) sniper in 2001. At a time when little or no action is being taken by the Olmert...

Jew Fights for his home, invaded by Arab Squatters http://www.israelnationalnews.com/TV/?act=one&id=1988

Israel Defense Forces Pours Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem ----July 2....... Part of the following was communicated by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Government Press Office to the Israel News Agency. The IDF provided a summary of humanitarian activity and aid into the Gaza Strip which was coordinated by the Israel Defense Forces throughout the day. "Despite the volatile security situation in the Gaza Strip, the IDF is continuing its efforts to provide a response to humanitarian needs in the Gaza Strip," an IDF spokesperson told the INA. "Throughout the day the following...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/121909 Expulsion from 'Peace House' in Hevron? The extreme-left group Peace Now has been pressuring Peretz to expel the Jewish families, claiming that Jews should need special government permission to buy Arab houses. The group has made no similar request requiring special permission for Arabs to buy Jewish homes.