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| April 11, 2013
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Tehran reports: We’ve built a time machine

 

The head of Center for Strategic Inventions in Iran claims he’s built a machine that allows man to see his life with 98% accuracy & up to 8 years forward. ‘It will not take you into the future, it will bring the future to you’, he said.

By Ynet

Family and friends of Razeghi were less excited about the machine, claiming that he was “trying to replace God.” Will the next big news of the science world come from Tehran? A young Iranian scientist claims that he has invented a machine that is capable of predicting the future of anyone who touches it. Continue Reading »

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| March 12, 2013
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At EU, Peres asks them to recognize Hezbollah as terror organization

In speech to the European Parliament Tuesday morning, Shimon Peres warns that time is running out to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and went on stressing the need of ensuring Syrian biological weapons don’t fall into the hands of terrorist groups.

 

President Shimon Peres called on the European Union to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, in an address to the European Parliament in Strasburg on Tuesday.

Israel's President Shimon Peres with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels at the EC headquarters March 7, 2013. - Photo by Reuters

Israel’s President Shimon Peres with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels at the EC headquarters March 7, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

 

Peres appealed to the Europeans to recognize terror for what it is, and to save Lebanon from such “terrorist madness”.

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| March 6, 2013
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Israeli singer Rita, rocked the UN with songs in Hebrew, Farsi & English

Persian-born Israeli singer rocks the United Nations General Assembly hall in the presence of UN secretary-general, ambassadors & even an Iranian television crew.

Yitzhak Benhorin

 

WASHINGTON – The State of Israel on Tuesday night presented its Persian weapon at the United Nations General Assembly building: Iranian-born singer Rita.

מסר לעולם. ריטה (צילום: AP)

Message to the world. Rita – Photo: AP

Under the banner, “Tunes for peace,” the Israeli singer performed at the UN headquarters in New York in the presence of the UN secretary-general, the General Assembly president, ambassadors, diplomats and Jewish community leaders.

An Iranian television crew was also spotted in the auditorium. Continue Reading »

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| March 6, 2013
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WATCH: Stephen Colbert asks Amb. Oren: When are you guys going to bomb Iran?

Satirical news host Stephen Colbert, pokes fun at Israeli ambassador Oren over  Obama’s upcoming trip to Israel.

 

 Two weeks ahead of Obama’s planned trip to Israel, a week after Chuck Hagel was confirmed as U.S. secretary of defense, and just days after speaking at AIPAC’s annual conference, Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren was a guest on Tuesday’s The Colbert Report.

Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren on The Colbert Report. – Screenshot
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Stephen Colbert, who is well-known for his feigned conservative, right-wing political leanings, introduced the topic of Israel by saying that he was “certainly a better friend than Barack Obama, who has repeatedly snubbed our ally ‘Yisrael’ by refusing to visit the country,” a reference to the fact that Obama’s upcoming trip will be his first since assuming office in 2008. Continue Reading »

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| March 5, 2013
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Jordan’s King, Iran & Assad

Egypt is in turmoil as the non-Islamists & secularists refuse to accept the fact that the Islamic Brotherhood hijacked their revolution.

By MUDAR ZAHRAN

 

When the revolution was still raging in Egypt, I wrote an article calling on the world to support Egypt’s secularists. It was they and the leftists that ignited and sustained the revolution which toppled Hosni Mubarak; the Islamists waited until Mubarak was about to fall, and then joined.

Jordan King Abdullah

Jordan King Abdullah – Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

When the Egyptian presidential elections took place, the Islamists had the money, the media and the global connections and therefore got one of their own in the presidential palace.

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| March 3, 2013
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Amb. Oren opens AIPAC: PM has taken risks for peace, Palestinians also must

Ex-U.S. diplomats Elliot Abrams & Dennis Ross also speak at opening session of AIPAC conference in Washington.

Abrams jokes, on Obama’s upcoming visit, the  president needs to convince Israel he’s undergone a ‘kishke transplant.’

 

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren opened AIPAC’s 2013 Policy Conference on Sunday, telling delegates that the Palestinians must follow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s lead and take risks for peace.

People arrive to attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conferenc

People arrive to attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington on March 3, 2013. – Photo by AFP

Oren and former U.S. diplomats Dennis Ross and Elliott Abrams were the first to speak at the opening plenary session of the three-day American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center on Sunday. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2013
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Egypt courts Iranians to boost failing tourism

As relations between the 2 Islamic heavyweights continues to slowly improve, Egyptian minister travel to Tehran to lure Iranian tourists to help Egypt’s ailing economy

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Egypt‘s tourism minister flew to Tehran on Monday in a bid to lure Iranian tourists to help his country’s ailing economy as relations between the two regional heavyweights continues to slowly improve.

EgyptHesham Zazou is heading a 14-person delegation that will spend five days in Iran for meetings with tour operators, travel agents and officials centered on how to promote tourism to Cairo, an Egyptian diplomat traveling with the group said.

The head of Egypt’s Civil Aviation Authority, Mohammed Ibrahim Sharif, said the visit by Zazou also aims to develop use of an Iranian-Egyptian accord allowing direct flights between the two countries. Continue Reading »

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| February 21, 2013
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Nigeria Nabs Iran-Backed Terror Call Targeting Americans, Israelis & Jews

The Iranian sponsors requested that the terrorists identify & gather intel on  prominent hotels frequented by Americans & Israelis, and to provide specific details on the following targets: Zim Shipping Company & the Jewish Cultural Centre (Chabad) in Lagos.

By David Lev

 

Nigerian investigators have uncovered a plot by terrorists to attack Israeli and American tourists and businesspeople visiting the country. The group was also responsible for murdering a former top military official. Among their targets was a Chabad House, officials said.

NigeriaThe gang of three terrorists were arrested Wednesday night, among them the leader of the group. A fourth suspect is being sought. Continue Reading »

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| February 20, 2013
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London’s Times reports: Tehran Overrun By Giant Rats

UK’s The Times reports that Tehran’s environmental agency is using sniper teams armed with infra-red sights, against huge rodents running rampant in 26 districts of capital.

By Ynet

 

As Iran continues to defy Western efforts to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon, it appears the Islamic Republic has found itself a new enemy.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

The rats are now bigger, look different & have grown increasingly resistant to rat poison. They have grown to such a size cats are now smaller than them.

London’s Times newspaper reported Tuesday that Tehran’s environmental agency is dealing with rats running rampant in 26 districts of the Iranian capital. Continue Reading »

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| February 16, 2013
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Intelsat Removes Iran’s Channel PressTV from U.S. & Canada

Iran’s national Press TV has a history of notoriously promoting Holocaust denial & giving air-time to neo-Nazi propaganda.

By Gil Ronen

 

Pro-Israel media activist group HonestReporting Canada welcomed news on Saturday that global satellite communication provider Intelsat had removed Iran’s state-funded propaganda mouthpiece PressTV from its broadcast platform in Canada and the United States.

PressTVThe NGO expressed its concern, however, that PressTV is still accessible over Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 platform.

HonestReporting Canada Executive Director Mike Fegelman issued the following statement:

“Intelsat’s move falls directly in line with other important domestic and international efforts to sanction, isolate, and impede the Iranian regime’s efforts in procuring nuclear weaponry. Continue Reading »

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| February 16, 2013
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Hundreds protest the Iran-Argentina pact

Philosopher, poet & Argentinian writer Santiago Kovadloff mocked his gov’t for the int’l criticism the pact has drawn.  “But our gov’t is not alone,” he said. “Our gov’t is with Iran!”

By JTA

 

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Some 300 people attended a protest rally against Argentine-Iranian cooperation in investigating the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.

Suicide bomberAmong the protestors on Feb. 14 in the Argentine capital were relatives of the survivors of the bombing of the AMIA center. Israeli and Argentinean justice authorities blame Iran for the attack.

“We ask Argentine society’s forgiveness for wasting a great privilege that democracy gave us,” Sergio Bergman, a lawmaker and Reform rabbi, said in a speech at the rally. Continue Reading »

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| February 7, 2013
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After Israel boosts northern defenses; Iran, Syria stop their threats

Israel deployed a 3rd Iron Dome anti-missile battery in case of a retaliatory strike as both Iran & Syria issued threatening statements.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Israel this week further bolstered its anti-missile defenses in the north of the country amid growing concerns that either Hezbollah or Syrian forces will attack the Jewish state.

כיפת ברזל מיירטת רקטה באשדוד, אחרי כניסת הפסקת האש לתוקף (צילום: אבי רוקח)

Iron Dome intercepts rockets shot by Hamas – Photo: Avi Rokach

A third Iron Dome anti-missile battery was deployed to the north on Tuesday.

Just last week, Israel (allegedly) launched an air strike against a convoy transporting advanced missiles and possibly chemical weapons from Syria to Hezbollah. 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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| February 2, 2013
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Ahmadinejad unveils Iran’s newest stealth fighter jet

Islamic Republic reveals 1st generation indigenous stealth fighter-bomber, capable of evading enemy’s radar; indicative of Iran’s will to ‘capture peaks,’ according to Iranian president

By AP

 

New fighter jet Photo: IRNA

New fighter jet – Photo: IRNA

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has unveiled the country’s newest fighter jet, which officials claim can evade radar.

Ahmadinejad said at a Saturday ceremony broadcast on state TV that Qaher-313, or Dominant-313, showed Iran’s will to “capture peaks.”

Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi says Qaher is “fully indigenous,” designed and built by Iranian aerospace experts.

אחמדינג'אד ליד המטוס (צילום: AFP)

President Ahmadinejad presents the jet – Photo: AFP

Photos released by the official IRNA news agency show Qaher as a single-seat jet, described as a fighter-bomber that can combat both other aircraft and ground targets. Continue Reading »

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| January 31, 2013
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Thursday’s Updates of Israel’s reported strike on the Syria-Lebanon border

The target of the IAF attack was apparently an arms convoy moving from Syria to Lebanon, but it is still not clear exactly where the strike occurred because of contradicting reports, or whether the SA-17 Missile cache also included chemical weapons.

International media reported Wednesday that Israel launched an overnight air strike on Lebanon’s border with Syria, after carrying out four separate flyover missions in Lebanese air space.

Map of Israel-Syria-Lebanon borders

The target of the reported attack was apparently an arms convoy moving from Syria to Lebanon, but it is still not clear precisely where the strike occurred, or whether the cache included chemical weapons. Continue Reading »

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