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| July 22, 2012
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US Court upholds right to place ‘anti-Islam’ advertisements on NYC buses

American Freedom Defense Initiative director wins battle over right to post ads calling enemies of Israel “savages” • Metropolitan Transportation Authority had rejected ad on the grounds that it was demeaning to Muslims, but judge cites 1st Amendment in overruling MTA decision.

By The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

An anti-Islam activist has won a preliminary round in her First Amendment fight to place New York City bus advertisements calling enemies of Israel “savages.”

The bus advertisement submitted by blogger Pamela Geller, initially rejected by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Pamela Geller, executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, had submitted an ad from the group that read, “In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.”

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| July 16, 2012
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Sec Clinton to President Peres: Friends like us must work together

US Sec of St meets president in Jerusalem, praising him for “knowing the inextricable link between security & peace.”

 

By GREER FAY CASHMAN, JPOST.COM STAFF

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem on Monday, saying that the transformations which the Middle East is undergoing require “friends like us to think together and act together.”

Arriving in Israel Sunday night for a 24-hour visit, Clinton said that the region was in the midst of a “time of uncertainty, but opportunity.” She posited that the changes in the Middle East have given the US and Israel the chance to advance their shared goals of security, stability and democracy.

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| July 10, 2012
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U.S. opposes report recommending legalization of West Bank settlements

Obama administration rejects report claiming Israel isn’t occupying the West Bank: ‘we do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity.’

 

The U.S. State Department criticized on Monday night the Edmond Levy committee report which recommended legalizing most outposts in the West Bank, based on the assertion that Israel is not an occupying power.

Migron

The Migron outpost in September, 2011. – Photo by AP

Patrick Ventrell, a U.S. State Department spokesman, spoke to reporters in Washington. “Obviously, we’ve seen the reports that an Israeli Government appointed panel has recommended legalizing dozens of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but we do not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity and we oppose any effort to legalize settlement outposts,” siad Ventrell. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2012
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Eyeballing Iran? US commissions 361 cruise missiles

US Navy to get 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, most of which are meant for Fifth Fleet destroyers based in Bahrain. Meanwhile, pressure to mount military strike against Tehran is permeating presidential campaign

by Yitzhak Benhorin

 

 

WASHINGTON – The United States has commissioned 361 new Tomahawk cruise missiles, and some 238 of them are meant to find their way to the Fifth Fleet, which is based in Bahrain, Ynet learned on Sunday.

Tomahawk launch (Archives) Photo: US Navy website

Tomahawk launch (Archives) - Photo: US Navy website

According to the Business Insider, the deal – inked on the backdrop of repeated deadlocks in the nuclear negotiations between the West and Iran – may suggest that the US is gearing for a possible military campaign against the Islamic Republic. Continue Reading »

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| June 7, 2012
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US, Israel to boost cyber warfare cooperation

Deputy FM Ayalon, head of US anti-terror bureau meet, agree that experts should convene regularly. Russian whose lab exposed Flame virus tells Tel Aviv conference: Cyber terror can lead to ‘end of the world as we know it’

 

The US and Israel have agreed to boost their cooperation in the field of cyber warfare, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported Thursday.

Flame-infected data Photo: Kaspersky Lab

Flame-infected data - Photo: Kaspersky Lab

Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and Counter-Terrorism Bureau Director Eitan Ben David met on Tuesday with Ambassador-at-Large Dan Benjamin, who heads the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism. The officials agreed that cyber experts from both countries would meet regularly. Continue Reading »

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| May 27, 2012
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Panetta: Military option against Iran ready and available

US secretary of defense tells ABC news neither Washington nor international community will allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, adds preference for diplomacy over military intervention.

 

The military option against Iran is ready and available, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said on Sunday in an interview with ABC News’ This Week.

“The fundamental premise is that neither the United States nor the international community is going to allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon,” Panetta said. “We will do everything we can to prevent them from developing a weapon.”

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta [file] - Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta - Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing

Panetta referenced recent comments made earlier this month by US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro that Washington has a military contingency plan, should diplomatic talks fail to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear program. Continue Reading »

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| May 27, 2012
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No gaps exist between the U.S. and Israel on Iran nuclear program, says official

Senior official involved in Baghdad talks says U.S. is pressuring Iran because it perceives it as a real threat to world security, not because of Israeli pressure.

 

“There are no gaps between the U.S. and Israel in anything related to talks between Iran and the six world powers over the future of Iran’s nuclear program,” a U.S. official told journalists during a briefing in Tel Aviv.

The U.S. official, who is intimately acquainted with the P5 + 1 talks which took place in Baghdad last week, asked to remain anonymous owing to the sensitive nature of the issue.

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| May 6, 2012
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Israel’s atomic arsenal could fall victim to a new U.S. nuclear policy

Senior Haaretz analyst Amir Oren says that if Obama wins in November, he will likely push for dramatic new reductions in nuclear arsenals; in addition to the U.S. and Russia, Israel may also have to give up some of the nuclear warheads it reportedly holds.

 

On February 17, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the Hiroshima memorial for the victims of the first atomic bomb used on people in human history. Barak, who according to the Japanese news agency Kyodo described the bombing of the city as “one of the unavoidable tragedies” of World War II, viewed the exhibits. His escorts drew his attention to a map of the world listing the number of nuclear warheads in the possession of the atomic powers.

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| May 1, 2012
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WATCH / U.S. students walk out of Israeli ambassador’s lecture

Students at George Washington University disrupt talk by Michael Oren, hold up signs reading ‘Oren supports colonialism,’ and ‘What are you going to do with 30 billion?’

 

Students at George Washington University, in Washington D.C. walked out on a lecture by Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, on Monday night.

As Ambassador Oren’s lecture “Ultimate Allies: Israel and the United States,” started, about 30 students raised signs, got up, and left the auditorium in silence. Oren suggested they stay and conduct a dialog, but none of the protesting students changed their mind and stayed.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren.

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| April 3, 2012
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Israeli-US Air, Naval Forces Train for Energy War

Israeli, Greek and U.S. militaries are in an exercise in preparation for a possible war over Israel’s huge off-shore gas discoveries.

 

Israeli, Greek and U.S. forces are in the midst of a drill in preparation for a possible war over Israel’s huge off-shore gas discoveries, which also may contain commercializable oil. Lebanon and Hizbullah have claimed the fields are in Lebanese territory and that they will “defend” the area against drilling by Israel.

The week-long drill is simulating air-to-air combat and anti-submarine warfare and is taking place off the coast of Turkey, possibly signaling it not to interfere with Israeli energy operations in the Mediterranean Sea. Continue Reading »

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| March 14, 2012
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Report: U.S. asked Russia to warn Iran of ‘last chance’ to avoid military strike

Clinton reportedly told her Russian counterpart to rely message to Tehran that it must engage in talks with world powers or face a military strike within months, according to Russian daily Kommersant.

The United States has asked Russia to deliver an ultimatum to Iran, warning the Islamic Republic that it has one last chance for talks before a military strike, the Kommersant daily quoted Russian diplomats as saying on Wednesday.

Clinton, Lavrov, Ahmadinejad - Reuters and AP - March 14, 2012

Clinton, Lavrov, Ahmadinejad - Photos Reuters and AP

According to the Russian newspaper, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in New York on Monday to tell Tehran that it has one last chance to solve the conflict peacefully by making progress in the talks with the P5+1 group – United States, Britain, France, Russia, China, and Germany.

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| March 11, 2012
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American expert: U.S. ‘green light’ for Israeli attack on Iran depends on ‘whether it can get the job done’

Walter Russell Mead, one of America’s foremost foreign policy gurus, tells Haaretz Iran may soon offer compromise formulas aimed at ‘driving a wedge’ between Israel and the U.S.

U.S. President Barack Obama is capable of ordering a military attack on Iran, but the U.S. would probably prefer to yield to Israel if it was convinced that it “could get the job done” – this is the assessment of Walter Russell Mead, a renowned expert on American foreign policy.

Israel Air Force fighter jet. Photo: IDF

“The U.S. has a lot of things to think about in a lot of places and I’m sure Obama feels that he has enough wars in the Middle East already,” Mead said in a conversation with Haaretz. Continue Reading »

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