Saturday, March 29, 2014

How to Speak Up for Israel (video)

How-to: Speak up for Israel 101
From the Youtube page of: Jerusalem U

"Every individual can be an advocate for Israel. Learn how to speak on Israel's behalf and counter claims made against Israel with three practical and effective tools of communication."

News to Remember


Gigantic Terror Tunnel Revealed by the IDF
From: Jerusalemonline.com
Author: Dana Nasi

Last weekend, the IDF revealed a major terror tunnel dug by Hamas between the Gaza Strip and an area near Kibbutz Ein Shlosha. Now, the pictures of the terror tunnel have been published, which reveal that it was one of the largest and most sophisticated terror tunnels dug in order to abduct Israelis.

A week after being revealed, a glance into the terror tunnel in Gaza was provided today.  IDF forces exposed an advanced terror tunnel near Kibbutz Ein Shlosha, which is close to the Gazan border. 

The exposed terror tunnel was dozens of meters longs.  It was covered in concrete on all sides.  Throughout the tunnel, electric cables and light sockets were detected.  At the end of the tunnel, an area appeared where terrorists planned to go and implement terrorist attacks or to kidnap Israelis.

A senior level Israeli military official stated over the weekend that the terror tunnel, which was at a depth of about 20 meters, was found to be well-equipped with tools and generators, indicating that it was used very recently.  “Hamas is very much under pressure,” the senior level Israeli military official stated, adding that the revealed terror tunnel was perhaps the largest ever discovered in the area.

It is estimated that this terror tunnel was dug over a period of many months.  “In the tunnel, equipment was found to deal with difficult winter conditions,” the senior level Israeli military official stressed.  “There was equipment there that indicated that if the work had been finished, these tools would not have been found in the tunnel.  We don’t have a doubt that we disturbed them half-way through the job.”

According to the IDF, the discovery of the terror tunnel is a fatal blow to Hamas.  “Tunnels represent the ethos of Hamas and they are the source of much of their operational successes,” the senior level Israeli military official explained.  “The moment that you take three of their tunnels, for a number of months, they will be hit hard.”    

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Video For Pro-Israel Students

Pro-Israel Students Need to Watch This
From the youtube page of: standwithus

"Do you have an active anti-Israel group at your campus? If you do, a malicious new campaign called Divestment may be coming your way next. Learn the basics about Divestment and BDS here and contact StandWithUs for help at campus@standwithus.com. For more information visit www.standwithus.com."



News to Remember


Government Ministers Say Israel Must Retake Gaza Strip

From: unitedwithisrael.org
Author: Atara Beck, Staff Writer, UWI

At least two Israeli government ministers are saying that there is no alternative but to retake Gaza.

An Israeli tank patrols along the Israeli-Gaza border
on Thursday (Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

Government ministers are demanding that Israel retake Gaza in response to Wednesday’s barrage of rocket fire from Gaza– the largest escalation since 2012.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Air Force continued to strike targets in Gaza on Thursday afternoon, while Israel denied reports of a ceasefire circulated by Islamic Jihad.
Already at the beginning of February – several weeks before the situation intensified this week – Intelligence and Strategy Minister Yuval Steinitz had stated:
“If the drip of rockets from Gaza continues, we will have no choice but to go inside in order to eliminate Hamas.”
STEINITZ: ‘SOONER OR LATER…WE MUST RETAKE GAZA’
Thursday morning, Steinitz told Israel’s Channel 10:
“Sooner or later we will have to take control of Gaza, in order to get rid of the Hamas regime…. We do need to remove from Gaza the option of firing rockets on us. If and when the moment comes when we must retake Gaza – and that moment is coming soon – the operation will have to be a very quick one.”
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (R) welcomed his British counterpart
David Cameron to Israel the same day that rockets rained into Southern Israel.
Regarding the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas more than a year ago, Steinitz, among those saying that Israel should retake Gaza, said that it “really should have been done in 2012, in Operation Pillar of Defense, when they fired rockets at Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The IDF entered Gaza and managed to halt the firing of rockets for a time, but I was of the opinion that we should have continued.”
While Hamas was pounding populated areasin southern Israel with rockets on Wednesday afternoon, beginning precisely when children were on their way home from school, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Channel 2:
“There is no escaping the full occupation of the Gaza Strip.”
Expanding on the issue, Lieberman discussed Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 on his Facebook page, calling it “one of the most painful and difficult events in the history of the State of Israel.”
“The State of Israel did it, hoping that the move will bring peace, tranquility and economic prosperity on both sides.”
Those who led the plan, he added, guaranteed that “should there be a single shot from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, the IDF will return to Gaza and hit her hard.”
LIBERMAN: THE ‘ONLY SOLUTION’ IS TO RETAKE GAZA
Thousands of missiles are fired into Israel each year and the IDF led two missions to end the “grim reality” for the one-million residents of southern Israel – Operation Cast Lead and Pillar of Defense, he said. Not only has the situation not improved, he continued, but Hamas has developed the ability to fire missiles to Tel Aviv.
“Gaza has become the Kingdom of terrorism that led to dozens of dead and wounded Israelis,” Liberman stated.
“No sovereign state in the world can agree to such a reality. The only solution is the reversal of the [disengagement] process, to retake Gaza.”
ABBAS DID NOT CONDEMN ATTACKS, NETANYAHU TELLS CAMERON
On Thursday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – visiting the Teva pharmaceutical factory in Jerusalem with visiting U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, said:
“So how can anybody not condemn the firing of these missiles deliberately at civilians? Precisely. Well, you’re going see [Palestinian Authority] President Abbas soon, only a few minutes away, and unfortunately he didn’t condemn the rocketing of our civilians. He condemned the fact that Israel interdicted and hit the three terrorists who fired mortars on us. That he did condemn. And that’s wrong. I say we want to move to a genuine peace. To move to a genuine peace, we have to be very clear on our condemnation of terror and our support for the right to defend ourselves against terror. That is a crucial component of peace.”
A scene in Sderot following rocket fire on Wednesday.
(Photo: Flash90)
In a statement to the press, President Shimon Peres said:
“Last night the IDF did what it had to do and targeted tens of sites in the Gaza Strip. The rocket fire was carried out by the Islamic Jihad but it is Hamas who are responsible. The Hamas leadership claims responsibility over Gaza, if that is the case then they are responsible for everything that happens there. Israel will not allow terrorists to fire at our civilians, under any circumstances. Hamas must decide how they want to live – fire will be answered with fire, quiet will be answered with quiet.”
“The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israel’s citizens or soldiers and will continue to take determined action against any party that uses terrorism against the state of Israel,” an IDF spokesperson asserted.
“Anybody who tries to fire on Israel or is complicit in firing on Israel has signed his own death warrant and we won’t hesitate to strike him at any time,” Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon stated.
“We will continue to act responsibly and judiciously to protect the citizens of Israel and allow them to live a normal life.”