Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai flight amid attempted hijacking

We have to thank these courageous heroes who prevented the hijacking even more!

Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai flight amid attempted hijacking | The Jerusalem Post "Had flight 1073 continued toward Israel and reached a predetermined distance, Israeli fighter jets would have entered Jordanian airspace to investigate the aircraft, two sources told CBS News."

IDF intelligence chief: Israel killed two-thirds of October 7 terrorists, but 2000 terrorists still remaining

The job is not finished! No empty promises! An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth! The fate of coward mass killers of civilians!

Remember the Nazi perpetrators that tried to escape in vain!

"Of the 6,000 people who crossed the border from Gaza and infiltrated Israel on October 7, 4,000 have been killed, an Israeli source told The Jerusalem Post on Monday, citing data shared by Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, head of the IDF's Military Intelligence, during a security cabinet meeting on Sunday evening. ..."

IDF intelligence chief: Israel killed two-thirds of October 7 terrorists | The Jerusalem Post ""There are 2,000 remaining, and we will get to every last one of them," Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, head of the IDF's Military Intelligence, told the security cabinet on Sunday evening."

ICJ Press Release: Colombia withdraws its Declaration of intervention in the proceedings - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Question of Palestine

Good news! What a frivolous and absurd case anyway!

Again sloppy journalism: The article does not say how many countries are parties to this case!

ICJ Press Release: Colombia withdraws its Declaration of intervention in the proceedings - Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) - Question of Palestine

Credits: Colombia Withdraws From South Africa’s ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel at the International Court of Justice "A triumph for Israeli diplomacy."

The FlyDubai attacker copilot was known adopting radical ideological views and he was previously barred from flying

What!

"Despite the ban, the co-pilot, an Omani national, was hired by FlyDubai allowing him to pilot on the sensitive route connecting the United Arab Emirates and Israel, people familiar with the matter said. ..."

"... Prior Flight Ban: The Wall Street Journal first reported that al-Hammami had been explicitly barred from flying by Omani authorities after they grew concerned about his extremist beliefs. CNN later verified that he was terminated or removed from flight duties at Oman Air last year because of these security risks. ..." (Google Search)

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IDF's UNTRACEABLE New SECRET WEAPON to Counter Iran's Nuclear Threat? The new INS Drakon submarine

Good news!

BREAKING: IDF's UNTRACEABLE New SECRET WEAPON to Counter Iran's Nuclear Threat? | TBN Israel - YouTube

Israel Defense Forces claims 170 journalists killed in Gaza strikes were actually terrorists

For a terrorist to claim to be a journalist is a perfect cover especially for gullible Westerners! A better cover might be to claim to be a medical staff.

This is what coward mass killers like Hamas do!

Apparently Reuters also hired terrorists!

"... The IDF claims that the individuals it alleges are affiliated with terrorist organizations have worked for news outlets such as Reuters, Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency, and Palestine Now News Agency. While presenting themselves as reporters, according to the IDF, these individuals operated as snipers, commanders, trainers, and propaganda agents, among other roles within the radical Islamic groups. ..."

Israel Defense Forces claims 170 journalists killed in Gaza strikes were actually terrorists | Just The News "The journalists' identities and affiliation with the radical groups were verified using documentation by the terrorist organizations themselves and materials recovered by Israeli troops during operations in Gaza, according to the IDF."

Israel's Traumatic History of Plane Hijackings with Palki Sharma

Very recommendable! Yes, I remember some of these past airplane hijackings by Arabs!

(243) Israel's Traumatic History of Plane Hijackings | The Palki Sharma Show | IGR | India Global Review - YouTube

Why were there two extra pilots aboard during the attempted flydubai hijacking?

I wondered yesterday when I learnt of this in the news for the first time. Was it just a lucky coincidence that there were other pilots on the plane?

Why were there two extra pilots aboard during the attempted flydubai hijacking? | The Jerusalem Post "The additional pilots were added to the flight because possible regional rerouting could extend the journey and push the original crew beyond permitted duty hours."

Netanyahu meets survivor/hero of FlyDubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia following attack

The hero did not even have time to change his bloody t-shirt before the interview!

(240) Netanyahu meets survivor of FlyDubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia following attack - YouTube

Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers

Another coward terrorist attack on a civilian airplane? This is a developing story!

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjami Netanyahu on Wednesday praised passengers who overpowered a pilot who had stabbed another pilot in an apparent attempt to crash a commercial flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. 

The Boeing 737 Max made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the incident, which Netanyahu described as a "serious security incident." 

Netanyahu said that almost all passengers onboard the flight were Israeli.

"I spoke with one of the Israeli passengers. He told me that the plane went into a spin and began to descend. He told me that, somehow, he managed to break into the cockpit with one of the crew members and, together, they overpowered the pilot who had carried out the stabbing while he was attempting to sabotage the aircraft's systems. ...

The Boeing 737 Max switched its transponder code to 7700, a code to signal illegal interference with an aircraft. Publicly available data shows the aircraft plunged from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in about a minute, approximately two minutes into the flight. ..."

Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers | Just The News ""I salute these heroes, who displayed exceptional resourcefulness and courage. They saved many lives. They prevented a huge disaster," Netanyahu said."

Apparently Hezbollah with the help of Iran came close to discover that their pagers were booby trapped

Amazing stuff!

"Former defense minister Yoav Gallant discussed additional details of Mossad's September 2024 pager operation against Hezbollah terrorists in 2024 that killed or wounded some three thousand five hundred Hezbollah operatives during a previously censored interview with Channel 12, which was permitted for publication on Monday. ...

“In the first week of August [2024], we discovered that there was someone who suspected the pagers,” Gallant told Channel 12.

"In the middle of the operation, it turned out that somewhere, the pagers were being inspected. ... 

According to the film, Iran sent a special X-ray machine to check whether there were explosives in the pagers.

“In the third week of September, we learned that Hezbollah had sent three pagers to Iran for scanning,” Netanyahu revealed in a speech at a conference that was censored until Monday. “Before that, we bombed such a scanner that they were about to bring; we got rid of it and also of the person operating it.” ..."

Israeli defense officials confirm details of Hezbollah pager operation | The Jerusalem Post "Many of the details mentioned by Gallant in the interview were previously reported by The Jerusalem Post during an interview with Mossad agent "Adam Feyn" in May."

Gaza student suspended by Dutch university after claiming role in October 7

Will this student be arrested and extradited to Israel? Don't hold your breath!

"A 22-year-old Palestinian student from the Gaza Strip was provisionally suspended from Maastricht University in the Netherlands after claiming in an Instagram video that he participated in the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, Dutch media reported over the weekend. ..."

Gaza student suspended by Dutch university after claiming role in October 7 | The Jerusalem Post "In the since-deleted video, which the student reportedly posted on Saturday, he watched footage of the attack and pointed at masked men on the screen, claiming it was him."

Students display banners as they occupy the socio-cultural sciences faculty building of Maastricht University (UM) in support of Palestinian people, in Maastricht on May 22, 2024.

Yoav Gallant says Hamas warned Shin Bet ahead of October 7 massacre. Really!

This seems to be one of the latest attempts to cast doubt on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu!

What kind of warning was that?

"Former defense minister Yoav Gallant confirmed that Israel did receive a message from Hamas through a Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) channel in which Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar warned that he would "shake the prisons," [???] Gallant told Army Radio on Sunday. ..."

Yoav Gallant says Hamas warned Shin Bet ahead of October 7 massacre | The Jerusalem Post "The former defense minister also alleged that Netanyahu kept him away from key US talks during the Gaza war."

President Trump's Board of Peace Unveils $2.45B Gaza Plan

Good news!

"President Trump’s Board of Peace unveiled a $2.45 billion plan Wednesday to rebuild Gaza over the next six months. Its 66 projects are meant to lay the groundwork for a new Palestinian administration.

About $1 billion would go to infrastructure, including $400 million for insulated temporary homes to move displaced families out of tents and $275 million to clear rubble and unexploded bombs.

Another $885 million covers security, including a base in Rafah for up to 5,000 international troops and a $20 million buyback program for weapons held by Hamas and other armed groups. ..."

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Tech Behind Israel’s Mossad | How Mossad Uses Tech In Wars

Recommendable! Covers e.g. Stuxnet.

(149) Tech Behind Israel’s Mossad | How Mossad Uses Tech In Wars | Firstpost Ripple - YouTube

Could Palestinian pharma companies supply Israel? Time to test it

Good news!

"More than three decades ago, the Oslo framework identified pharmaceuticals as one area for Israeli-Palestinian industrial cooperation. That idea is worth revisiting today, not because economic cooperation can resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but because there may be a narrower economic opportunity that has never been seriously tested.

Palestinian pharmaceutical manufacturers already produce medicines at meaningful industrial scale. Israel, meanwhile, is a nearby pharmaceutical market that purchases large volumes of generic medicines. The question is whether qualified Palestinian manufacturers could supply selected products to Israeli purchasers safely, reliably and at a competitive total cost. ..."

Could Palestinian pharma companies supply Israel? Time to test it - Globes "Israeli-Palestinian cooperation on pharmaceuticals is worth examining, not as a peace project, but as an economic opportunity for both sides."

Israel and Saudi Arabia discuss intelligence aid amid growing Houthi attacks, British advisers are to assist Saudi Arabia

Good news! When will Saudi Arabia sign the Abraham Accords?

"... Saudi Arabia also asked Britain for assistance in repelling the Houthis from Bab al-Mandab Strait and in helping defend against strikes on its oil infrastructure, Bloomberg reported.

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has agreed to send British military advisers to assist Saudi Arabia, but he has not yet committed to sending any additional aid, the report said. ..."

Israel and Saudi Arabia discuss intelligence aid amid growing Houthi attacks | The Jerusalem Post "Regional diplomats told The Jerusalem Post that Saudi Arabia and Israel are engaged in CENTCOM-mediated talks to provide Riyadh with intelligence in order to counter Houthi terrorists."

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange again considerably outperforms S&P, NASDAQ, and STOXX Europe 600 in the year 5786

Happy New Year (Rosh Hashanah) Israel!

Unfortunately, I (Google) could not find a chart with historical monthly data from 2000 to 2026! This is bad!

"... In the Jewish year 5786, which in the TASE’s analysis is the period September 25, 2025 to September 4, 2026, the Tel Aviv 35 Index rose by 40.5% ...

In New York, the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Index rose by 16% over the same period, while the Nasdaq rose by 18%.

In Europe, the STOXX Europe 600 Index rose by 17%, and the
MSCI World Index, which tracks the developed countries, rose by 16.5%. ..."

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange again outperforms in 5786 - Globes "In the Jewish year just ending, the Tel Aviv 35 Index rose by 40.5%, which compares with a 16% rise in the S&P 500 Index in the same period."

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband invoked his 60 relatives murdered in the Holocaust, then announced sanctions on Israel

What a hypocrite! The new British PM Burnham is making some bad decisions!

Reportedly, the share of these imports from the West Bank is very tiny relative to total imports! This is political theater! Appalling!

"British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband invoked his family’s Holocaust history and his childhood memories of Israel on Tuesday as he delivered one of the UK government’s harshest speeches on Israeli policy and announced a ban on imports from West Bank settlements. ..."

Miliband cites Jewish family history as UK bans West Bank settlement imports | The Jerusalem Post

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Jewish US Senator Adam Schiff: Israel 'Certainly' Guilty of 'Ethnic Cleansing' and war crimes

For many years this member of the US Congress has been a huge disgrace and a frequent, pathological liar! That the Californian voters made him a US Senator in 2024 is inexcusable! I blogged about him frequently.

This lousy US Senator has apparently such a strong aversion against the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu that he says ridiculous stuff like this! Disgusting!

With statements like this he is becoming worse! Hopefully, he will only be one term US Senator only!

"Michaelson then asked, “So you wouldn’t say that Israel has committed genocide?”

Schiff responded, “I would not, because genocide has a very specific legal meaning. I don’t think this meets the definition of genocide, but I think it’s certainly ethnic cleansing. And there should be investigations, because there may very well have been war crimes committed as well.” ..."

Schiff: Israel 'Certainly' Guilty of 'Ethnic Cleansing' "During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) stated that he wouldn’t say Israel is guilty of genocide “because genocide has a very specific legal meaning. I don’t think this meets the definition of genocide, but I think it’s certainly ethnic cleansing.”"

Official US Senate photo of Adam Schiff (Source)