Ettinger’s detention extended, NSA snooped on Bibi’s talk, Syrian Truce, Digitized Dead Sea scrolls, Oracle acquires Ravello for $ 1/2 billion

Ettinger’s detention extended, NSA snooped on Bibi’s talk, Syrian Truce, Digitized Dead Sea scrolls, Oracle acquires Ravello for $ 1/2 billion – Feb. 23, 2016

February 23, 2016 / 14 Adar I 5776
 
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Court Extends Administrative Detention by 4 Months for Grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane z’l
Meir Ettinger will remain in administrative detention for another four months, after six months in solitary confinement.
Meir Ettinger, grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane, seen at Magistrate's Court in the northern city of Nazareth.


WikiLeaks Reveals American NSA Snooping on Netanyahu-Berlusconi Talks
It is believed that Netanyahu used the tapped lines to indirectly communicate with the Americans after Obama gave him the silent treatment for a few days.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) during the news conference following their meeting at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy, June 2009.


Following ‘Rami Levy Murder’ Soldiers on Leave to Keep Personal Weapon
The investigation so far has the two terrorists, ages 14 and 15, loitering freely around the store for 25 minutes without ever being challenged.
Rami Levy supermarket victim being wheeled into Shaare Zedek Medical Center


Truce Signed in Syria by Assad Regime, Rebel Forces – Excludes ISIS, Al Qaeda, Al Nusra
The truce formally begins on Saturday and was agreed upon by Russia and the United States.
Da'esh (ISIS) fighters seizing control of Deir Ezzor in Syria.


Dead Sea Scrolls Puzzle Pieces to Be Matched via Digitizing
The hands-on virtual workspace that will allow scholars around the world to work together simultaneously.
Thousands of the ancient scrolls fragments from the conservation table to the virtual table.


Israeli Overnight Raids Pick Up 19 Terrorists, Large Weapons Cache
The entire „wanted” group was transported for interrogation by security forces.
Part of a captured weapons stockpile - Feb. 23, 2016


Israeli Forces Demolish Homes of 2 Terrorist Murderers
Israel demolished the homes of terrorists who together murdered and wounded 13 Jews and an Arab.
Past demolition of a terrorist home. (file)


Canada Formally Condemns Anti- Israel BDS Movement
The historic motion was a wall-to-wall rejection of BDS by the lawmakers of the Canadian people.
Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion.


Christians Who Demonize Israel – Part II
Much of the pro-Palestinian work by Christian churches is inspired by aspects of Liberation Theology
St Thomas The Martyr Church in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (left) recently hosted an event in which a Kairos leader advocated a boycott of Israel.


‘Writers’ Freedom’ NGO Mistakes Max Blumenthal For Credible War Correspondent
Absent for most of the war and fluent in neither Arabic or Hebrew, Max Blumenthal hoodwinked PEN Canada into headlining him as war correspondent.
Max Blumenthal, Aug. 18, 2015.


Duma Village Arson Murder Defendant Describes 17 Days of Shabak Torture
Former Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein gave his approval to using severe interrogation techniques against the Duma suspects.
Amiram Ben Oliel supporters demonstrate the torture techniques he endured


Oracle Acquires Israeli Ravello for Half a Billion Dollars
The Ravello technology allows a development team to upload a virtual machine without requiring any changes, so that every team developer can spin up an application from the blueprint.
Ravello employees on lunch break with company scooter


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