Wednesday, April 16, 2014

04/16/2014

* Temple Mount riot in Jerusalem: Hundreds of Palestinians clash with police Hundreds of Palestinians threw stones and lit fire crackers at police upon opening the main entrance to the Temple Mount.

Has the Temple Mount Become A Hamas 'City-State'? Prime Minister criticized for condemning PA incitement while ignoring Hamas incitement, violence on Temple Mount.

* Unsettling video shows large al Qaeda meeting in Yemen A new video shows what looks like the largest and most dangerous gathering of al Qaeda in years.

* Netanyahu, Putin confer on Ukraine crisis Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initiated a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

* Temple Mount: Jews Arrested Attempting to Bring Pesach Sacrifice Eight Jews were arrested Monday for attempting to sacrifice a goat on the Temple Mount.

* Thousands Visit Kotel but Temple Mount Closed to Jews Birkat Hakohanim, the traditional priestly blessing ceremony, is expected to bring tens of thousands of Jews to the Western Wall.

* Passover blood libels, then and now Passover is a festival of redemption, a day when we celebrate our forefathers' exodus from Egypt.

* Hamas: Passover night Hebron attack revived Palestinian 'resistance' The prime minister of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday praised shooting attack.

* EU countries to boost defence budgets in light of Ukraine Military chiefs have said the Ukraine crisis is a 'wake-up call' for EU countries' defence spending.

* Jordanian warplanes destroy Syrian vehicles who crossed border Jordanian warplanes hit and destroyed several vehicles trying to cross the border from Syria.