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| July 30, 2012
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India reports: Iran behind attack on Israeli diplomat in Feb.

Official Indian Police report names Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guards responsible for New Delhi terrorist attack on Israeli Embassy

By Ynet

The New Delhi Police has officially named Iran’s Revolutionary Guards responsible for the February 13 terror attacks against Israeli diplomats in the Indian capital.

עיתונאי סייע למחבלים האיראנים. זירת הפיגוע בניו דלהי (צילום: AP)

Scene of the attack – Photo: AP

The attack saw an explosion tear through a diplomat’s car in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. Tal Yehoshua Koren, the wife of one of the diplomats was injured in the blast.

Tal Yehoshua Koren

Tal Yehoshua Koren – AP

According to the Time of India, the investigation has concluded that the Iranian suspects “discussed the plan to attack the Israeli diplomats in India and other countries with Indian journalist Syed Mohammad Ahmad Kazmi in January.” Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Romney calling Jerusalem ‘Israel’s capital’ is ‘unacceptable,’ says Palestinian’s Erekat

In a speech that followed a day of meetings with Israeli leaders, Romney said it was a ‘moving experience to be in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital.’

 

Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat said on Monday that presumptive Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s assertion that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital is “absolutely unacceptable.”

In a speech in Jerusalem on Sunday evening that followed a day of meetings with Israel’s leaders, Romney said it was a “moving experience to be in Jerusalem,” and described the city as “Israel’s capital.” He suggested that he would move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem if he were elected president. Continue Reading »

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| July 30, 2012
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Syria’s Foreign Minister Blames Israel for Their Unrest

Syria’s Foreign Minister & his Iranian counterpart blame Israel of plotting to bring down Syrian President Assad.

By Elad Benari

 

Syria’s Foreign Minister on Sunday accused Israel of being behind the ongoing unrest in his country.

A building burns after shelling at Aleppo

A building burns after shelling at Aleppo – Reuters

During a visit to Tehran, Walid al-Moualem and his Iranian counterpart, Ali Akbar Salehi, accused Israel of plotting to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

“The Israeli position towards the crisis in Syria proves that a plot was hatched against the regime in Damascus,” Salehi said, accusing Arab states for adopting what he called “Israel’s position” and following it. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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Skeletons of Jews massacred by the Romans on the Temple Mount found

Journalist Benny Liss releases movie of underground cave on Temple Mount where he found  mass grave • He believes the skeletons may be remains of massacred Jews by the Romans when they destroyed the Temple Mount; urges the authorities to properly examine the area.

By Nadav Shragai

 

 

Remains of thousands of Jews massacred by the Romans on the Temple Mount at the time of the destruction of the Second Temple may have been uncovered in Jerusalem, according to a veteran archaeological journalist.

Jews, Christians or Muslims? An image from the film of the skeletons.
Photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch

During a conference on Thursday at Megalim – the City of David Institute for Jerusalem Studies, journalist Benny Liss screened a movie recorded a few years ago that clearly shows thousands of skeletons and human bones in what appears to be a mass grave.

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| July 29, 2012
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Chinese destroyer crosses Suez Canal & enters Mediterranean Sea

Warship crosses via Suez into Mediterranean , possibly en route to Syrian coast for naval exercises

By Roi Kais

 

A Chinese destroyer sailed through Egypt’s Suez Canal into the Mediterranean Sea, Egyptian daily Al-Shuruk reported on Sunday.

The destroyer could be on its way to the Syrian coast, the Egyptian newspaper reported, adding that the warship is planning to hold naval maneuvers in the area.

Iranian ship in Suez Canal (archives) – Photo: Reuters

Al Shuruk daily further claimed that the canal authority authorized the Chinese ship’s crossing through the canal following permission from the Egyptian armed forces.

Meanwhile, Egypt’s Al-Wafd website reported that high security measures were taken during the ship’s crossing of the canal. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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The Italian Olympic Team Commemorates the Munich Massacre

About 30 Italians, including the Minister of Sport, stand in silence at the entrance to the Israeli team’s quarters.

By Gil Ronen

 

The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40 years ago, Voice of Israel radio reported Sunday.

About 30 Italians were present at the ceremony, including Italy’s Minister of Sport, the heads of the Italian Olympic Committee and athletes. Israeli Olympic Committee head Tzvi Varshaviak and Olympic delegation leader Efraim Zinger also took part. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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News Site offers $50,000 for video clip of Obama honoring radical

US Breitbart News offers reward for video of 2003 speech honoring controversial ex-PLO academic, Rashid Khalidi.

By BEN SHAPIRO, SPECIAL TO THE JERUSALEM POST

 

 

LOS ANGELES – The US Internet news portal Breitbart News is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who can provide a videotape of a 2003 dinner honoring a radical Palestinian American academic attended by then- Illinois state senator Barack Obama.
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses during a new

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses during a new – Photo: REUTERS/CHRISTIAN HARTMANN

During the 2008 presidential campaign, the Los Angeles Times reported that Obama attended a farewell dinner in Chicago for his longtime friend Rashid Khalidi. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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US defense legislation to equip Israel with tanker-refueling jets

Signed legislation aims to enhance US-Israeli security.  Cooperation was more than an attempt by Obama to upstage Romney, it allows Israel to acquire equipment that could facilitate Iran strike.

By Yitzhak Benhorin

 

 

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama‘s well-publicized signing of a bill aiming to enhance security cooperation between the US and Israel appears to have been timed to upstage Republican challenger Mitt Romney‘s trip to Israel, but officials say the measure was more than just a strategic photo op. The legislation could mark a significant step towards acquiring military equipment Israel has long sought to have. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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Netanyahu & Romney discus danger of a nuclear Iran during Jerusalem meeting

The PM mentions long friendship with Romney, agrees wholeheartedly with his stance on Iran.

Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was warmly received Sunday morning by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who emphasized the need for a credible military threat against Iran.

Netanyahu meets Mitt Romney in Jerusalem - Reuters - July 29, 2012

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Jerusalem July 29, 2012. – Photo by Reuters

“You said the greatest danger facing the world is of the ayatollah regime possessing a nuclear capability,” Netanyahu told Romney. “Mitt, I couldn’t agree with you more.”

“All the sanctions and diplomacy so far have not set back the Iranian program by one iota. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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Goldwasser’s widow: ‘May Nasrallah Never See the Light of Day’

Karnit Goldwasser, widow of Ehud Goldwasser who was kidnapped & murdered by Hizbullah terrorists, attacks the terror group.

By Elad Benari

 

Karnit Goldwasser, whose husband Ehud was kidnapped and murdered by Hizbullah terrorists in 2006, attacked the terror group and the European Union after a Lebanese television station showed a video which documents the Hizbullah squad as it attacked her husband’s jeep.

“This is another manipulation by [Hizbullah head] Nasrallah,” Goldwasser said in an interview on Channel 2 News on Saturday evening. “The first manipulation was when he kidnapped our loved ones for vile purposes. That’s the difference between human beings and those who say they are human beings. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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Israeli Molecular transistors to help replace laptops with tablets

Already 15 years ago, experts understood that hardware constraints would limit the miniaturization of electronic devices.

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

 

 

Smartphones and tablet computers are considered the hardware of the postpersonal- computer future, but they have a number of limitations, including limited RAM (random access memory), which reduces the number of applications that can be used simultaneously. This even causes battery-operated devices to empty out too fast. RAM devices are large and thus use a lot of power, so they don’t operate well as mobile devices.
An educational application on an iPad

An educational application on an iPad
Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters

Standard tabletop computers that plug into the wall and laptop computers that use large, rechargeable batteries currently have the advantage over smartphones and tablet computers. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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Netanyahu flatly denies AP story on Israel’s spying on the CIA

“Counterintelligence is the art of protecting national secrets from spies. This means the CIA believes that US national secrets are safer from other Middle Eastern governments than from Israel,”

 

Earlier on Saturday, the Associated Press had run an in-depth report quoting anonymous US intelligence officials incriminating members of Israeli security services. The article, which was headlined by AP, “US sees Israel, tight Mideast ally, as spy threat,” described certain instances where Central Intelligence Agency officers stationed in Israel found that their secured locked boxes had been “tampered” with. In a different case, a CIA officer’s fridge had been “rearranged.”

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| July 29, 2012
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US sees Israel as ‘a frustrating ally & a genuine counterintelligence threat’

CIA links Israeli intelligence to home break-ins in Tel Aviv; said to consider Israel a top spy threat in Near East Division. – Israel denies report

By Yitzhak Benhorin, AP

 

WASHINGTON – The homes of several CIA agents residing in Israel have been broken into recently and according to the United States government, it is likely that Israeli intelligence is linked to the cases.

CIA headquarters in Virginia – Photo: Reuters

In the most recent case, the CIA station chief stationed in Tel Aviv discovered that sensitive equipment he used to communicate with CIA headquarters in Virginia was tampered with it. Continue Reading »

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| July 29, 2012
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The US Increasing Iron Dome Defenses by 2013

IDF sources report that 2 more Iron Dome anti-missile defense systems are to be delivered to Israel early next year.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

Two more Iron Dome anti-missile defense systems are to be delivered to Israel by early next year.

In addition, U.S. President Barack Obama signed a bill over the weekend that expanded America’s defense cooperation with Israel. The bill included a $70 million allocation for the Iron Dome that was approved by the Congress two months ago.

The Iron Dome system is equipped with a battery of three launchers and uses Tamir interceptor missiles to intercept and destroy rockets at ranges of 4 to 70 kilometers. Continue Reading »

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| July 28, 2012
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Syria’s chemical weapons & al-Qaida

The al-Qaida network appeared to be prepared to use chemical weapons in the terrorist attacks it was planning in order to cause far greater numbers of casualties in comparison with a conventional terrorist attack.

By Dore Gold

During a nighttime raid in Amman on April 20, 2004, Jordanian security forces foiled a plot by al-Qaida to attack the headquarters of Jordanian intelligence, the Jordanian prime minister’s office and the U.S. Embassy with chemical weapons. Tons of chemical agents were seized that apparently had come from Syria. Jordanian officials estimated that the chemical attack could have killed 20,000 people.

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One of the terrorists who was captured confessed on Jordanian television that he worked for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian who had become the commander of al-Qaida in Iraq.

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