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| October 31, 2013
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IDF Reports Arab from Jenin May Have Been Shot Dead by PA Police

The IDF reported that the Arab resident whom the Palestinian Authority accused the IDF of shooting may very well have been killed by a PA police gunfire.

By David Lev

 

 

An Arab resident of a town near Jenin whom the Palestinian Authority accused the IDF of killing may very well have been killed by gunshots fired by PA police. The IDF is investigating the death of the Arab in Qabatiya, south of Jenin late Wedneday, and has found evidence indicating that the Arab was killed by PA gunfire.

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| October 31, 2013
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Jerusalem condemns Palestinian celebration of terror

In Gaza, Hamas forbids families from celebrating Fatah success of prisoner release.

In Ramallah, PA President Mahmoud Abbas attends official ceremony in honor of released prisoners

In Jerusalem, gov’t source says PA ceremony “a parade of convicted murderers” is a celebration of terror.  

By Daniel Siryoti & Shlomo Cesana

 

 

About 2,000 family members and friends were waiting when 21 of the 26 prisoners released Tuesday night arrived at the Mukataa Palestinian Authority government compound in Ramallah. They were welcomed with an official reception attended by PA President Mahmoud Abbas and PA Prime Minister Rami Hamdullah.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas celebrates with released prisoners in Ramallah – Photo: AFP

The compound was secured by dozens of Palestinian police officers who prevented the prisoners’ families from entering with Hamas flags.

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| October 31, 2013
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Saudi Court Sentences Jordanian ‘spy’ for Israel

Jordanian citizen sentenced to 9 years in jail & 80 lashes by Riyadh court for communicating with Israeli PM & ‘Zionist’ intelligence officer.

By REUTERS
 

 

DUBAI – A Saudi court convicted a Jordanian citizen of spying for Israel and sentenced him to nine years in jail and 80 lashes, a pro-government Saudi newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Prisoners (Illistrative) - Photo: Tal Cohen

Prisoners (Illustrative) – Photo: Tal Cohen

The Arabic-language al-Riyadh newspaper did not identify the Jordanian but said the Riyadh criminal court found him guilty of “writing to the Israeli prime minister and communicating with a Zionist (Israeli) intelligence officer” by email and receiving a financial payment.

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| October 31, 2013
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Israel Blamed for Massive Explosion at Syria Missile Site

Reports of massive explosions were reported at a gov’t military base in western Syria. Both Syrian & Lebanese sources say Israel was behind the blast.

By Maayana Miskin

 

There was a massive explosion early Thursday morning at an aerial defense base near the city of Latakia in northeastern Syria, Walla reports, based on reports from the Syrian opposition.

Opposition sources said the base, which held anti-aircraft missiles, was destroyed in the blast.

Sources in Syria and Lebanon blamed Israel for the strike. However, they offered alternate versions of events: while Syrian sources said the base was hit by a strike from the sea, Lebanese media outlets reported that Israeli planes were seen in the area before the blast. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2013
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Hezbollah chief blames Israel for the 17,000 missing Lebanese

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah calls for a political solution in Syria & the appointment of a group to investigate the 17,000 missing people due to the Israeli occupation.

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
 

 

Israel is responsible for “all Lebanese who have gone missing,” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared in a speech in southern Beirut on Monday, according to the group’s Al-Manar TV website.

Hezbollah supporters gesture as they listen to Nasrallah on October 29, 2013 as be broadcasts from his secret underground bunker. – Photo: REUTERS

Speaking on a large screen, he also said that Syrian events were affecting everything in Lebanon, the website reported.

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| October 29, 2013
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IDF retaliates in Gaza after Palestinians fired rockets at Israel

 

2 rockets fired just hours after Israel releases names of Palestinian prisoners slated for upcoming release this week as ‘Peace’ gesture to Abbas.

No injuries reported, but in response, Israeli aircraft attack Palestinian rocket launchers.

Matan Tzuri, Elior Levy

 

Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired two rockets toward south Israel at dawn on Monday. A number of explosions were heard shortly after the “Color Red” siren warning of the incoming rockets sounded in communities located within the Ashkelon Beach Regional Council.

Qassam rocket in south (archives) – Photo: Roee Idan

One of the rockets was apparently intercepted by the “Iron Dome” air defense system, while the other apparently landed in an open area. Continue Reading »

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| October 27, 2013
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Former British Foreign Sec. ‘Jewish money prevents peace’

MP Jack Straw says in British House of Commons debate ‘unlimited’ funds available to Jewish groups in U.S. used to control America’s Mideast policy; adds Germany’s ‘obsession’ with defending Israel another obstacle for peace.

By Itamar Eichner

Former British Foreign Secretary and Labor MP Jack Straw made harsh anti-Semitics statements during a British parliament debate last week, Yedioth Ahronoth reported.

Jack Straw - Photo: Reuters

Jack Straw Photo: Reuters

Listing the greatest obstacles to peace, Straw said that unlimited” funds available to Jewish organizations and AIPAC in the US are used to control and divert American policy in the region.

Straw, who served as foreign secretary in Tony Blair’s government in 2001-2006, further claimed that Germany’s “obsession” with defending Israel was also a contributing factor to failure to achieve peace. Continue Reading »

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| October 26, 2013
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Did the EU’s ‘lost’ €2 Billion aid money ‘fall close to the tree’?

Are the sons of Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president growing rich off their father’s system of ‘lost aid’ and extensive Palestinian corruption?

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER

 

 

In the wake of the Arab Spring, U.S. leaders have promised to reverse the United States’ long reliance on autocratic, unrepresentative leaders who enrich themselves at the expense of their citizens. There’s only one problem: Just as top American officials have been making these lofty promises, new details are emerging of how close family members of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, a major U.S. partner in the Middle East, have grown wealthy. Have they enriched themselves at the expense of regular Palestinians — and even U.S. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Iran may be 1 month from nuclear bomb


The time needed to convert enough uranium to weapon-grade so as to build a bomb, stands at between 1-1.6 months, & is shortening further, says new assessment by the U.S. Institute for Science and International Security.

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Iran could build a nuclear bomb within as little as a month, a new report issued by the U.S. Institute for Science and International Security says.

Bushehr nuclear power plant.

In this Oct. 26, 2010 file photo, a worker rides a bicycle in front of the reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran. – Photo: AP

According to the assessment, Iran’s weapons-grade uranium production capabilities are developed to a degree that its ‘breakout time’ – the time needed to convert enough uranium to weapon-grade so as to build a bomb – stands at between one and 1.6 months – and is shortening further. Continue Reading »

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| October 25, 2013
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Watch Sheldon Adelson: Nuke Iran

Sheldon Adelson suggests nuking the Iranian desert to get Teheran to talk business & stop it’s nuclear weapons aspirations.

By JTA

 

 

WASHINGTON — Sheldon Adelson, a top backer of Republican and right-wing pro-Israel causes, advocated bombing Iran with a nuclear device as a means of negotiation.

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson - Photo Getty Images

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson – Photo: Getty Images

“You pick up your cell phone and you call somewhere in Nebraska and you say ‘OK, let it go,’ and so there’s an atomic weapon goes over, ballistic missiles in the middle of the desert that doesn’t hurt a soul, maybe a couple of rattlesnakes and scorpions or whatever,” Adelson, a casino magnate, said in a rare public appearance on Oct.

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| October 25, 2013
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Civil war between the Global Jihad & Hezbollah has erupted in Lebanon

 

Israel’s Defense Minister Ya’alon says the Global Jihad tried to pull Israel into a conflict in Lebanon by firing missiles at Israel, hoping Hezbollah would receive Israel’s wrath.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said Thursday that a “civil war” has erupted in Lebanon between Hezbollah and Global Jihad elements that have attempted to drag Israel into the conflict.

People gather around the site of an explosion in Beirut's southern suburbs, August 15, 2013.

People gather around the site of an explosion in Beirut’s southern suburbs, August 15, 2013.- Photo: REUTERS/ Hasan Shaaban

“To those who are not yet aware, there is already a civil war in Lebanon. Global Jihad, which has infiltrated Lebanon and is attacking Hezbollah, is blowing up car bombs in Dahia and is firing rockets at Dahia and the Beka’a Valley,” he said, referencing recent attacks on Hezbollah strongholds.

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| October 24, 2013
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Nepal arrests Iranian for planning terror attack on Israeli embassy

Iranian, first detained by Israeli security staff & found to be in possession of a counterfeit Israeli passport, subsequently admits terror plans to local officials.

By Haaretz Staff

 

An Iranian national carrying a forged Israeli passport was arrested on April 13 by security personnel from the Israeli embassy in the Nepalese capital Katmandu, Channel 2 News reported on Monday.

Nepal chariot festival

Nepal: Israeli security guards spotted suspicious behavior. – Photo: Reuters

According to the report, the man was spotted acting suspiciously outside the Israeli mission in the city. He was detained by Israeli security staff and found to be in possession of a counterfeit Israeli passport. Continue Reading »

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| October 24, 2013
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PA President asks Western companies to divorce from West Bank settlements

PA President Abbas makes plea to European Council president to stop all projects in Jewish areas in the West Bank.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, TOVAH LAZAROFF
 

 

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called on European and other Western firms to stop violating international law by working in West Bank settlements.

Abbas meets European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels, October 23, 2013

Abbas meets European Council President Herman Van Rompuy in Brussels, October 23, 2013 – Photo: REUTERS

Abbas’s call came during a meeting in Brussels with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council and former Belgian prime minister.

Abbas is currently on a tour of a number of EU countries to urge their governments to activate regulations against settlements and Jewish neighborhoods of east Jerusalem.

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| October 23, 2013
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Turkey’s Jewish Youth Emigrating Due to Anti-Semitism, Tensions with Israel

A leading member of the Turkish Jewish community in Israel reports to the Hurriyet Daily that too many young people back home feel targeted by the Turkish gov’t & bothered by the experience of being ‘othered.’

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Hundreds of young Jews are leaving Turkey for the U.S. and Europe because of increased perceptions of anti-Semitism and Ankara’s tensions with Israel, a senior member of the immigrant community in Israel has told Hurriyet Daily News.

Turkey synagogue

Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday July 9, 2003

Nesim Güveniş, the deputy chairman of the Association of Turkish Jews in Israel, told the newspaper that the mass exodus was a response to the actions of the Turkish government, including remarks of leaders against Jews for the waning relations between Turkey and Israel and the worsening of conditions for the nearly 15,000 Jews living in in the country. Continue Reading »

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| October 23, 2013
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IDF Kills Terrorst Hiding in West Bank Cave

 

After IDF fires 2 LAW anti-tank missiles to take out Mohammed Assi, an Islamic Jihad operative who was hiding in cave near Bilin, the army warns of ‘terror atmosphere’ throughout the West Bank.

By Yoav Zitun & Elior Levy

Nearly a year after the bombing of a Tel Aviv bus during Operation Pillar of Defense left 29 people injured, an anti-tank missile killed one of the terrorists who planned the attack. An operation launched Tuesday morning to arrest terror suspects in the Palestinian village of Naima, near Bilin in the West Bank, ended in the death of Islamic Jihad operative Mohammed Assi. Continue Reading »

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