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| November 19, 2013
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Same Terrorist Group that Fired on Israel Claims Credit For Beirut Attack

The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon accuses Israel of being behind the double suicide blast….but,

An Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group that fired multiple rockets on Israel from Lebanon, has claimed responsibility for attacking Iran’s embassy in Lebanon’s capital.

By Maayana Miskin

 

An Al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group calling itself the Abdullah Azzam Brigades has claimed responsibility for the attack Tuesday on the Iranian embassy in Beirut. The attack killed 23 people, among them an Iranian attaché, and wounded an additional 146.

al Qaeda demonstration – AFP/File

The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers.

Brigades leader Sheikh Siraj al-Din Zureiqat warned that the group would continue its attacks until Iranian forces leave Syria. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2013
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Blasts in Beirut at Iranian embassy in Lebanese capital, death toll rises to 23 killed

 

Beirut residents report hearing 2 loud explosions near the Iranian embassy.

Local reports vary on whether blast caused by car bombs or rockets.

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At least 23 people were killed Tuesday morning when an explosion rocked south Beirut. According to some reports, the explosion targeted the Iranian embassy.

Burned cars are shown at the scene after two explosions struck near the Iranian Embassy killing many, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 19, 2013. - Photo: Hussein Malla, AP

Burned cars are shown at the scene after two explosions struck near the Iranian Embassy killing many, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov. 19, 2013. – Photo: Hussein Malla, AP

It was not immediately clear what had caused the explosions, and local reports varied from rockets to car bombs. Continue Reading »

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| November 19, 2013
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Exiled dissidents report: Iran building new secret nuclear instillation

Iranian opposition group, which previously exposed the Natanz uranium enrichment plant and the Arak heavy-water facility are now reporting a new underground site that’s being built inside a 600-meter tunnel complex.

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An exiled Iranian opposition group said on Monday it had information about an underground nuclear site being built in Iran and that this was among a number of secret venues for an atomic bomb program.

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Heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2006. – Photo: AP

The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) exposed Iran’s uranium enrichment plant at Natanz and a heavy-water facility at Arak in 2002. Continue Reading »

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| November 18, 2013
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Sounds good: Iran agrees Arak halt, uranium freeze, tough inspections – but, bad deal

Obama plans to brief Congressional leaders on Wednesday of talks in Geneva, as Israel’s Prime Minister maintains criticism of ‘exceedingly bad’ cosmetic proposals.

 

The P5+1 proposal that will be discussed at Wednesday’s talks with Iran at Geneva includes a halt on any further construction at the Arak heavy water plant as well as a freeze on Iran’s current stockpiles of enriched uranium.

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Heavy-water production plant in the central Iranian town of Arak, .- Photo: AP

According to informed U.S. sources, the proposal also includes the imposition of an unprecedented inspection regime aimed at ensuring that Tehran keeps the commitments that it will undertake in the new nuclear deal.

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| November 4, 2013
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Hagel: US sanctions & Israeli threats brought Iran to nuclear talks

 

U.S. Secretary of Defense says he does not think Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu is trying to sabotage nuclear talks.

Rouhani agrees with Ayatollah Khamenei, saying he isn’t optimistic about the results of nuclear talks with West.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s threats of military action against Iranian nuclear sites, combined with the pressure of harsh Western sanctions that crippled the Iranian economy, might have helped bring the Islamic Republic to the negotiating table, US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday.

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a press conference.- Photo: REUTER/SYuri Gripas

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at a press conference.- Photo: REUTER/SYuri Gripas

“It’s true that sanctions – not just US sanctions but UN sanctions, multilateral sanctions – have done tremendous economic damage,” Hagel told Jeffrey Goldberg last week.

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| November 3, 2013
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U.S. negotiator on Iran: No sanctions lifted – Israel’s security is a priority

Chief U.S. negotiator for Iran, Wendy Sherman, says White House is committed to stopping Iran from advancing its nuclear program.

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U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who is also chief U.S. negotiator for Iran‘s nuclear program, assured Israel that the U.S. has not offered Iran any sanctions relief and that Israeli security is a priority.

Wendy Sherman

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3. – Photo: AP

“Israel’s security is bedrock. There is no closer security relationship than what we have with each other.”

In an interview with Channel 10’s Tamar Ish Shalom Sunday, Sherman said the Obama administration is committed to stopping Iran’s nuclear program from advancing as a first step, “while we negotiate and offer limited, temporary reversible sanctions relief, but keep in place the fundamental architecture of oil and banking sanctions.” Continue Reading »

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| November 3, 2013
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Iran’s Khamenei: Zionist regime is illegitimate bastard regime

 

Iran’s supreme leader not optimistic about nuclear talks with world powers, criticizing the US for its close ties with Israel.

By REUTERS, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

“The Zionist regime is an illegitimate and bastard regime,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday said of Israel, whose existence Tehran does not recognize.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at NAM Summit.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at NAM Summit. – Photo: REUTERS

Khamenei also criticized the United States for its close relations with Israel.

“The Americans have the highest indulgence towards the Zionists and they have to. But we do not share such indulgence,” AFP quoted Khamenei as saying.

Khamenei also reiterated his view that he is not optimistic about the outcome of nuclear talks but said he saw no downside to holding the negotiations.

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| November 3, 2013
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Israel’s PM: Arab’s Refusal to Recognize Jewish State is Root of Conflict

PM Netanyahu reminds Palestinian Arabs on the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, that recognizing Israel as a Jewish State is precondition for peace.

By Tova Dvorin

 

 

In cabinet meeting this morning (Sunday), Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reiterated the importance of international recognition of Israel as a Jewish state in helping bring peace to the Middle East, as part of remarks commemorating the 96th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration.

Netanyahu - Screenshot

PM Netanyahu – Screenshot

“The declaration championed the rights for the Jewish nation to have a national home in the Land of Israel,” Netanyahu stated. “There is no doubt that the international recognition of the right to a Jewish homeland and its historical significance is fundamental. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2013
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Israel’s shadow war against the Syria-Iran-Hezbollah armament shuffle

 

Jerusalem faces a daily dilemma on when to intervene to keep Hezbollah from acquiring sophisticated  armaments – a step that could trigger an area wide conflict – and when to step back and allow Hezbollah’s weapons buildup to continue.

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

 

 

 

Thursday’s strike on a Syrian air defense missile base near Latakia could be the latest chapter in a long, covert Israeli campaign to disrupt Iran’s massive program to arm Hezbollah via Syria.

Israel’s F-16I sufa – Photo Courtesy: IDF Spokesperson’s Office

Iran continues to try to supply Hezbollah with advanced weapons for use against Israel, and the Assad regime, which owes its survival to Tehran and Hezbollah, has never been more compliant with Iranian requests to transfer or provide weapons to the Shi’ite terror organization in Lebanon.

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| October 30, 2013
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Report: Details on lost pilot Ron Arad for intel on missing Iranian diplomats

Al-Siasa newspaper from Kuwait quotes Western intel sources as saying that a possible deal would reveal info on Israel’s Ron Arad in exchange for details on Iranian diplomats who vanished in the 1980s.

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A Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Wednesday that Israel will soon receive new details regarding missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad as part of a deal between Iran and a Western intelligence agency.

Missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad

Missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad.- Photo by AP

The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Siasa quoted Western intelligence officials as saying that the deal includes the release of information regarding Arad, who’s been missing in action since 1986, in exchange for details on four Iranian diplomats who vanished in Lebanon in the 1980s. 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 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.

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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 7, 2013
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Iran reports 4 arrested for attempts to sabotage nuclear site

Iran’s head of their Atomic Energy Organization announced individuals ‘were caught red-handed & their interrogations are ongoing,’

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At least four people have been arrested in Iran for trying to sabotage a nuclear site, Iranian media reported Sunday.

Rohani addresses UN, Sept. 26, 2013, Reuters

Iran’s President Hassan Rohani addressing a UN meeting on nuclear disarmament, New York, September 26, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, said officials had monitored and then arrested a “number of saboteurs” before they could carry out their plan.

“Four of these individuals were caught red-handed and their interrogations are ongoing,” he said, according to the Mehr news agency on Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| October 3, 2013
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Israel’s PM: Iran’s Khamenei leads a ‘messianic, apocalyptic radical cult’

In a NBC interview , Israeli PM Netanyahu says Iranians may want change, but realistically speaking, they are governed by an appointed Supreme Leader, not their ‘elected’ President Rohani.

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In an interview with NBC on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei cannot be trusted because he heads a “cult” that is “wild in its ambition and aggression” adding it is a “messianic, apocalyptic, radical regime.”

Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech


Prime Minister Netanyahu in NBC interview, following UNGA speech, October 2, 2013. – Photo: Screenshot

 

Asked whether he believes the Iranians chose to elect President Hassan Rohani because they want change and a lifting of the sanctions, Netanyahu said he’s sure they do, but stressed that Iranians are not governed by Rohani but by Ayatollah Khamenei. Continue Reading »

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| October 1, 2013
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Video & Complete Transcript of Israeli PM Netanyahu’s UNGA speech

Watch Video: Focusing on Iran’s nuclear program, Israel’s PM strikes defiant tone: ‘If Israel is forced to stand alone, it will.’

PM Netanyahu went on to say Palestinians must recognize the Jewish state to achieve peace.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Thank you, Mr. President.

 

I feel deeply honored and privileged to stand here before you today representing the citizens of the state of Israel. We are an ancient people. We date back nearly 4,000 years to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We have journeyed through time. We’ve overcome the greatest of adversities.

Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly. October 1, 2013.

Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly.

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