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| February 11, 2013
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Iran’s building militias in Syria as a foothold for when Assad falls

Senior U.S. & Arab sources quoted by the Washington Post report Iran & its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, already have 50,000 soldiers inside Syria to support Assad’s regime, but also to ensure an Iranian foothold in Syria in case Assad should fall.

By Israel Hayom Staff

 

As concerns grow in Israel and the West, Iran appears to be preparing for the likely fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to The Washington Post, Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah, have established a network of militias across the crumbling Syria in efforts to protect Iranian interests in the event that the regime falls.

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| February 8, 2013
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Syria denies Israel targeted missile convoy on way to Lebanon

In a letter sent to UN Security Council, Syria rejected statements made by U.S. officials, claiming Israel had struck a research center and not a convoy carrying anti-aircraft missiles to Hezbollah.

 

Syria‘s UN ambassador says there is “no truth” to reports that an Israeli airstrike last week, which seriously damaged a scientific research center, had targeted a convoy heading to neighboring Lebanon.

Israeli F-15 jets

Israeli F-15 jet – Photo by AP

International media reported on July 31 that Israel launched an overnight air strike on Syria-Lebanon border.

Syrian state television said the attack targeted a research center near the capital Damascus, and later aired video footage purporting to show the site of the alleged Israeli strike. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2013
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A Lebanese Writes: Hezbollah’s Inflated Ego And the Cancerous Entity

The Lebanese people alone are unable to free their country from the savage Hizbullah occupation. They commit all kinds of horrible acts of mayhem and chaos; they manufacture, grow, distribute and export illicit drugs, launder money, sell weapons, steal, kill, infringe on all the laws of the land, challenge human rights, invade regions and homes inside Lebanon, and assassinate, intimidate, and humiliate anyone who opposes them – and kidnap and exercise every Mafioso-like atrocity.

By Elias Bejjani

 

The frightening Hizbullah’s devastating cancerous ailment is hitting Lebanon hard and without mercy and the Lebanese people on all levels and in all domains are the victims. Continue Reading »

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| February 4, 2013
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Lebanese FM, enough ‘talk’ calls for boycott of Israel

FM Adnan Mansour says Israel ‘deserves tough response’ & not ‘calls, statements and condemnation’ for Syria airstrike.

Meanwhile, Arab media reports that IAF bombed a Hezbollah facility in  Tyre, but group denies strike.

By Roi Kais

 

Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said Sunday that last week’s airstrike in Syria “is aggression against Lebanon.” He further added, “Israel deserves harsh responses and a tough boycott on the economic, political and diplomatic levels.”

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Speaking before traveling to Cairo to attend a conference of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Mansour said, “Israeli jets continue to invade Lebanon’s airspace every day. We must stand up against the Israeli attacks but not just with calls, statements and condemnation.” Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2013
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Israel will have to strike Syrian convoys again

Syria threatens to retaliate against assumed Israeli aggression

Iran, which supplies arms to Syria, Hamas & Hezbollah said the airstrike would have significant ramification for Israel.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

 

An Israeli air attack reportedly staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come.

Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks of attacking Syria are worth taking when compared to the dangers of allowing sophisticated weapons to reach Hezbollah guerrillas in neighboring Lebanon.Nasrallah

With Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on power weakening, Israeli officials fear he could soon lose control over his substantial arsenal of chemical and advanced weapons, which could slip into the hands of Hezbollah or other hostile groups.

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| January 31, 2013
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After U.S. & Arabs confirm Israel hit Syria, Iran threatens retaliation

Iranian threat: The Israeli air strike will “have serious consequences for Tel Aviv.”

By Israel Today Staff

 

Syria, Hezbollah and several Western officials on Wednesday confirmed that Israel had bombed a military target in Syria hours earlier, though Jerusalem itself is remaining very tight-lipped about the strike.

Iran threatens retaliationUS officials told the New York Times that Israel has notified Washington ahead of time that it was preparing to bomb a convoy transporting sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles from Syria to Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah also posted messages to its Al-Manar website acknowledging that Israel had hit a military site connected to the terror group. Continue Reading »

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| January 31, 2013
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Moscow protests Israeli ‘unprovoked attack’ on Syria

Addressing reports of Israeli strike in Syria, Russia says it is ‘concerned about  attacks on the territory of a sovereign country.’

Hezbollah demands int’l condemnation of ‘aggressive, criminal’ Israel

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Russia said on Thursday it was very concerned about reports of an Israeli attack in Syria and that any such action, if confirmed, would amount to unacceptable military interference in the war-ravaged country.

Soviet made SA-17 anti-aircraft rocketsThe remarks were issued as Hezbollah called on the international community to condemn the alleged strike.

“If this information is confirmed, then we are dealing with unprovoked attacks on targets on the territory of a sovereign country, which blatantly violates the UN Charter and is unacceptable, no matter the motives to justify it,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Continue Reading »

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| January 26, 2013
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Hezbollah Reports: Another Israeli Spy arrested

Gov’t security sources tell Al Akhbar newspaper that a Lebanese citizen admitted to cooperating with Israeli intelligence for more than a decade; in the past man’s Bulgarian wife claimed of his absence, ‘he had been kidnapped’

By Roi Kais

 

After Hezbollah announced the capture of the “highest paid” spy for Israel, Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar reported Saturday that intelligence personnel arrested a citizen suspected of cooperating with Israeli intelligence.

Hezbollah gunman in Lebanon – Photo: AFP

The newspaper, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, quoted sources as saying the detainee, who in the past has lived in a southern suburb of Beirut, admitted he had cooperated with Israel for more than a decade and worked for the Israelis in Lebanon and Europe. Continue Reading »

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| January 24, 2013
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Disrupting the ecosystem of extreme Racism

We can’t rest until the evil ideologies that fuel terror become nothing more than relics of the past.

By Ron Prosor

 

There is a specific kind of ecosystem that creates terrorism. Terrorism is rooted in hate, watered with instability and state support, and then planted in the next generation.

screenshotEvery roadside bombing, every suicide attack, and every act of terrorism begins with words and thoughts of hate. It begins with al-Qaida websites that turn suicide bombers into jihadi celebrities. It begins with Hezbollah summer camps that use arts and crafts to glorify martyrdom and teach bombmaking skills to children.

It begins with statements by Hamas leaders like Atallah Abu al-Subh, who recently said on public Palestinian television (and I quote) “The Jews are the most despicable and contemptible nation to crawl upon the face of the Earth.”

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| January 21, 2013
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Lebanon catches ‘highly-paid spy for Israel’

Al-Manar TV reports that the Lebanese army arrested local man who was paid $600,000 to pass on intel on Hezbollah & the military to his Mossad handler.

By Roi Kais

 

The Lebanese army has arrested a citizen suspected of collaborating with Israel, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV reported on Monday.

"מתקן ריגול" שחשפה חיזבאללה בעבר (צילום: AFP)

‘Israeli spy site’ found by Hezbollah – Archive photo: AFP

Ali Taufiq Yari, a former member of the Baalbek City Council, was branded as the highest paid spy to date, as he was said to have received $600,000 for his service to the Jewish state.

According to the report, Yari began working with Israel’s Mossad in 1990, and had undergone intelligence training that taught him to use invisible ink, concealed radio devices and other means of communication. Continue Reading »

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| January 16, 2013
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Israel to UNSC: Prevent Syrian WMD transfer to Hezbollah

UN Ambassador Ron Prosor calls on UN Security Council to act immediately to prevent Assad’s chemical weapons from being transferred into Hezbollah’s hands.

By MICHAEL WILNER, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

UNITED NATIONS — Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor  said Tuesday that the prospect of Hezbollah acquiring chemical weapons — mishandled or handed over intentionally by the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad  — is “frightening,” and called on the Security Council to act immediately to prevent their proliferation.

Ron Prosor

Ron Prosor

 

Prosor’s comments came during a daylong debate at the UN on counter-terrorism efforts. The Israeli envoy contended that an end to terrorism required addressing the fundamental teachings of prejudice and hate.

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| January 2, 2013
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Jerusalem passes intel to EU for ban on Hezbollah

Information was given on the terror group’s connection to the 2005 Hariri murder, narcotics & money-laundering operations, their ongoing role in destabilizing Syria, and the 2000 kidnapping of an Israeli businessman.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

 

 

Hezbollah supporters in Beirut - Photo: REUTERS

Hezbollah supporters in Beirut – Photo: REUTERS

BERLIN – The Israeli government is redoubling its efforts to convince the European Union to outlaw Hezbollah within the 27-member body because of the Lebanese group’s record of terrorism.

According to reports in the Hebrew media, Israel’s new case involves showing Hezbollah’s role in the 2005 murder of Lebanese president Rafik Hariri, based on evidence culled from the international tribunal that investigated the bombing.

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| December 30, 2012
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Hezbollah’s Cocaine Business Buys Weapons

With decreasing Iranian funding, the Shiite terror group partners up with the Mexican drug cartels.

From the millions of dollars in drug revenues, they support their weapon acquisition habit.

By Eldad Beck

 

MEXICO – Chiapas is one of Mexico’s most exotic federal districts. But the magical forests, appealing Indian communities, colorful towns and intriguing archeological sites – that serve as main tourist attractions – hide a political hell.

Hezbollah Chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah – Photo: AFP

The Islamic terror groups are eager to make money, so they can fund their nefarious aspirations.

In the mid-1990s, a leftist resistance group which calls itself The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) made Chiapas its home. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2012
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Report: Hezbollah Weapons Depot that Blew-up, Held Missiles Capable of Delivering Chemical Warheads

There’s a significant risk of proliferation to other groups, such as Hezbollah, which could pose a global terrorist threat

 

Two days after a mysterious explosion at a Hezbollah weapons depot in southern Lebanon, the Kuwaiti website Al Jarida is reporting that Israel bombed the site because Syria had transferred missiles there that were capable of being equipped with chemical warheads. The missiles had been moved into Lebanon from Syria in the last several months and were being held inside warehouses owned by farmers in the area.

A soldier wearing protective gear.

The report also claimed that Hezbollah has many additional warehouses across Lebanon that are used for the same purpose. Continue Reading »

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| December 21, 2012
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Israel petitions UN Security Council to condemn rearming of Hezbollah

Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor said in a letter to the 15-nation council that Hezbollah’s buildup in Southern Lebanon was in violation of a UN arms embargo & UN resolutions

By Reuters

 

Israel’s UN envoy urged the Security Council on Thursday to condemn what he described as significant rearming by Hezbollah, saying the Lebanese militant group now possessed an arsenal of tens of thousands of missiles capable of hitting Israel.

Hezbollah guerrillas prepare Katyusha rockets at their base near the Chebaa Farms area.

Two Hezbollah guerrillas prepare Katyusha rockets at their base near the Chebaa Farms area on the Lebanese-Israeli border, May 22, 2001.- Photo by AP

Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron Prosor said in a letter to the 15-nation council that the buildup was in clear violation of a UN arms embargo. Continue Reading »

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