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| May 5, 2013
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Netanyahu off to China, 2 hours late due to Syrian unrest

Despite tensions on northern border, visit to China continues as planned. On agenda: Trade relations & far more serious sanctions on Iran.

By Atilla Somfalvi

Even as things heat up in the north, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took off for China, with a slight two hour delay, due to the situation on the Syrian front. The main issues scheduled for discussion during the prime minister’s China meetings include economics and Iran.

עסקים כרגיל. נתניהו בישיבת הממשלה המיוחדת היום בהר הרצל (צילום: נועם מושקוביץ)

Special cabinet meeting convened Sunday – Photo: Noam Moskovich

Sunday morning Netanyahu made no mention of the attacks on Syria, for which Israeli officials had told news agencies that Israel was responsible. Continue Reading »

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| May 3, 2013
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Pentagon to Israel: Our Redesigned bomb can destroy Fordo nuke plant

The 30,000-pound Massive Ordnance Penetrator, has adjusted fuses to maximize its burrowing power, upgraded guidance systems to improve its precision & high-tech equipment to allow it to evade Iranian air defenses in order to reach & destroy the Fordo enrichment complex.

By Ynet

 

 

The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest “bunker buster” bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to destroy Iran’s most heavily fortified and defended nuclear site, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, adding that American officials, showed Israeli military and civilian leaders secret Air Force video of an earlier version of the bomb hitting its target in high-altitude testing. Continue Reading »

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| April 23, 2013
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Ex-MI Chief: Iran has Passed PM’s Red Line

“Iran has crossed Israel’s new red line,” Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin said, “it (will be) very difficult to stop Iran, when it decides to have a bomb.”

By Gil Ronen

 

 

Former Military Intelligence head, Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, said Tuesday that “Iran has already crossed Israel’s new ‘red line‘” regarding nuclear weapons development.

Iran's Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility - AFP file photo

Iran’s Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facility – AFP file photo

Yadlin, who is the Head of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), said that in the summer, Iran will reach a distance of one or two months between a decision and a bomb.” Continue Reading »

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| March 11, 2013
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Germany &Turkey nab Iranian nuke smugglers

 

Turkish newspaper reports that security forces both in Germany and Turkey apprehended Iranians who smuggled nuclear materials from India & Germany to Iranian facility in Arak

By Ynet

 

Security forces in Germany and Turkey apprehended smugglers who are suspected of moving nuclear materials purchased in India and Germany to a nuclear facility in the Iranian city of Arak, Turkish newspaper Haberturk reported.

Nuclear facility in Arak - Photo by EPA

Nuclear facility in Arak – Photo by EPA

The raid was carried out in Germany and in Istanbul simultaneously. In Istanbul, an Iranian-born Turkish citizen was detained for questioning and forces seized many documents relating to the smuggling. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2013
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Top US Mid-East General: Sanctions on Iran arn’t working

Head of the US Army’s central command reports that even though the sanctions are not working, it’s not too late to bring Iran ‘to its senses’.

World powers meet in Kazakhstan, for nuclear talks aimed to restore ‘int’l confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program’

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Top US commander in the Middle East, General James Mattis, said the current sanctions and diplomatic efforts to stop Iran from gaining nuclear capabilities are not working. He said Tehran has a history of denial and deceit and is enriching uranium beyond any plausible peaceful purpose.

General James Mattis – Photo: AFP

General Mattis, head of US Central Command, spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee and said that it may still be possible to use sanctions and other pressure to bring Tehran to its senses, however, he says Iran is using the negotiations to buy time. Continue Reading »

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| February 6, 2013
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Ahmadinejad promises: I would never nuke Israel first

Islamic Republic’s main Holocaust denier insisted that Iran was “not planning a military strike” against Israel, but would respond severely if Israel attacked first.

By  Ryan Jones

 

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday became the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979, and he used the occasion to try and re-brand himself as a pragmatic president who wished no harm to the Jewish state.

Mahmoud AhmadinejadFollowing the Islamic Revolution, Egypt gave sanctuary to Iran’s deposed shah, straining relations between the Cairo and the new Islamic regime in Tehran. The rift was made wider by the fact that Iran was the new epicenter of Shia Islam, while Cairo had long been one of the primary centers of Sunni Islam. Continue Reading »

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| December 12, 2012
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Obama gives Iran one last chance for talks…or else

Israel Channel 10 reports: US official says Obama to give 4-5 months for talks to succeed, if they don’t the US may resort to a military option.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

 

US President Barack Obama plans to propose to Iran that they conduct direct negotiations over the Islamic Republic nuclear program, Channel 10 reported Tuesday night citing a senior US official.

Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant - Photo: REUTERS/Stringer Iran

Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant – Photo: REUTERS/Stringer Iran

According to the official, the decision did not involve any coordination or consultation with Israel.

According to the report, the US is likely to give negotiations a time-frame of four to five months.

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| December 10, 2012
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Report: Israel leaking intel of Iranian nuclear program

‘Guardian’ cites Western diplomats blasting Israel with leaking information to rally world on striking Iran

Netanyahu believes Iran must be confronted in 2013.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS

 

Western diplomats believe Israel has been leaking sensitive information about Iran’s nuclear program in a bid to rally the international community to action, The Guardian reported Monday.

Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant - Photo: REUTERS/Stringer Iran

Interior of Bushehr nuclear plant – Photo: REUTERS/Stringer Iran

The report came as Israel renewed calls against the Iranian program, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Monday the problem would have to be confronted in 2013.

According to the Guardian report, Western diplomats suspect the Israeli moves have backfired, and have instead jeopardized the International Atomic Energy Agency’s investigation into the Iranian nuclear program.

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| November 2, 2012
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Cameron Considers Sending British Warplanes to Persian Gulf

The Independent reports: UK is considering stationing warplanes in the Persian Gulf as the confrontation with Iran escalates.

By Elad Benari

 

Britain is considering stationing warplanes in the Persian Gulf as the confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program continues, The Independent reported on Thursday.

British Prime Minister David Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron – Reuters

The possible deployment of the Eurofighter Typhoons follows talks with the United Arab Emirates to bolster the UK’s presence in the region, said the newspaper.

The decision on whether to send the planes at such a volatile time will be made by British Prime Minister David Cameron, after further talks with the rulers of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2012
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PM: Strike on Iran – Good for Arabs, Would Ease Tensions

Netanyahu tells French magazine that ‘Iran isn’t popular in Arab world,’ & an attack would benefit Arab states by removing potential threat, easing tension in Mideast

By Reuters

 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought on Tuesday to convince Arab states that an Israeli military strike on Iran would benefit them, removing a potential threat and easing tensions across the Middle East.

Benjamin Netanyahu Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Benjamin Netanyahu – Photo: Marc Israel Sellem

Netanyahu has made a number of veiled threats to attack Iran’s nuclear program and has appealed to the United States and the United Nations to set a limit for Tehran on its further development. Continue Reading »

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| October 29, 2012
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Saudi Arabia funding Israel’s Mossad operations against Iran

Israel & Saudi Arabia have at least one thing in common: neither country wants to allow Ahmadinejad to obtain nuclear capabilities.

By YourJewishNews.com/David Ross


Saudi Arabia is secretly funding Israel’s covert war against Iran’s nuclear program, according to an expert on Iran.

Saudi King

“A strange alliance: The Saudis are funding the Mossad of Israel” Lando wrote on his blog. Lando named his source only as “a friend, with good sources in the Israeli government.”

He wrote: “The head of Israel’s Mossad has made several trips to meet counterparts in Saudi Arabia, one result: an agreement that the Saudis fund the series of killings of several key Iranian nuclear experts that have occurred in the past two years. Continue Reading »

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| October 8, 2012
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Israel Could Go ‘Solo’ on Iran in 6-8 Months

Former Ambassador to Washington Zalman Shoval reports that Israel believes it can succeed in a “solo” mission

Netanyahu to meet European leaders to press them on stiffening punitive measures on Iran.

News Agencies and Israel Hayom Staff

 

Israeli leaders remain intent on acting to degrade Iran’s nuclear capabilities, probably within six to eight months, and Israel believes it has the capability to succeed in such a mission, an envoy of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Foreign Policy’s The Cable on Friday.

Satellite image of Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran. – Photo: AP

Israel’s former ambassador to the U.S. and Israel Hayom columnist Zalman Shoval, who is considered close to the prime minister, told the publication that the recent tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over “red lines” over Iran’s nuclear program have been “dialed down.”

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| October 6, 2012
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Muslim Woman from Tehran Says Iranians Scared by Netanyahu Speech

A woman from Tehran tells Israel’s Channel 2 News: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech to the UN placed fear into the hearts of Iranians.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly placed fear into the hearts of Iranians, a Muslim woman from Tehran told Israel’s Channel 2 News on Friday.

Iranian riot police stand next to a waste bin set on fire by protesters

Iranian riot police stand next to a waste bin set on fire by protesters – AFP photo

The woman, Shahanaz, agreed to be interviewed to the Israeli channel despite the risks involved. She was first interviewed two months ago and was interviewed again on Friday, two days after scuffles broke out in Tehran as citizens protested the country’s failing economy. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2012
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Fearing an Israeli Attack, Iran Fired on its own Aircraft

Fearing an attack on its nuclear facilities, Tehran mistakenly fired on their own jets & civilian aircraft.

By Annie Lubin

 

While an Israeli threat of an attack against Iran is speculated daily in the international media, classified Pentagon intelligence papers reveal that it was actually in 2008 that Iran was so fearful of an Israeli attack they mistakingly fired at their own airliners.

Fear of Israel had Iran scrambling to prevent an attack

Fear of Israel had Iran scrambling to prevent an attack – Reuters

The New York Times reported that between 2007 and 2008 tensions were so high in Tehran and the threat of an Israeli airstrike on its nuclear facilities was so strong that the Iranian military mistakingly tried to shoot down civilian airliners and in one case even its own military aircraft. Continue Reading »

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| October 1, 2012
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Op-Ed: Jihad, Iran & “End Times”

Prologue to Nuclear War in the Middle East?

An Iranian nuclear 1st-strike could be selected in deference to certain religious obligations. Acting as the ‘individual’ suicide bomber, Iran could potentially offer itself eagerly in the spirit of Shahada, ready & willing to accept a collective Death for Allah.

Louis René Beres


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It is an immobilizing question, a query that was once only whispered: Could certain Iranian leaders, including President Ahmadinejad, be seeking nuclear weapons in order to deliberately bring about an apocalyptic “end of days?” Might these leaders be planning a religiously-mandated and possibly nuclear Final Battle in order to bring back the “Hidden Imam”? Continue Reading »

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