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It seems like just yesterday there were rumors that Israel was going to establish diplomatic relations with Pakistan, a country that while being Muslim certainly has no grievances about land with Israel. Amazing how quickly life changes.
This is an interview with Pakistani 'security expert' Syed Zaid Zaman Hamid. I'm going to post the video even though it's a bit difficult to understand his
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The JPost is reporting on Thursday that the IDF is preparing to attack Iran on its own, with or without American support. "It is always better to coordinate," one top Defense Ministry official explained last week. "But we are also preparing options that do not include coordination."
Israeli officials have said it would be difficult, but not impossible, to launch a strike against Iran without
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Using a Tom Friedman article in Tuesday's New York Times that asked why there are no protests from the Muslim world against what happened in Mumbai last week, Captain Ed hits the nail on the head:
Has Friedman seen massive protests in the streets against radical Islamist terrorists in these Muslim countries, ever? Did any of them protest the 9/11 attacks, or the Madrid attack, or any of the
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Many Israelis believe strongly that when - God forbid - we are victimized by a terror attack, we should allow the news media to broadcast the aftermath in the hope that someone will take pity on us. Generally, I don't believe it's proper to intrude on a family's grief in that manner. Because I believe that the family's privacy takes precedence over arousing the world's pity, I debated long and
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I am shaking and teary after reading this article from London's Daily Mail (Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit). The Jewish mother murdered in the brutal Mumbai terror attacks last week was six month pregnant, her father revealed today at her funeral.
And Rivkah Holtzberg's two-year-old son, Moshe, may have been beaten by the militants, reports have claimed.
His back was covered in bruises consistent
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Well, here's a plan that ought to bring peace and unity to the 'Palestinian people.' The Palestinian Authority is planning to replace all the Hamas-controlled municipalities and village councils in the West Bank in the coming weeks, PA officials in Ramallah told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
They said the decision was aimed at undermining Hamas's influence in the West Bank and paving the way
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A report being presented by an American 'think tank' to the incoming Obama administration is urging immediate dialogue with Iran, American reconciliation to Iran being a nuclear power, and to top it off, dialogue with Hamas. The chapter devoted to Iran calls on the new administration to open multilateral dialogue between the US and Iran on all outstanding issues. Diplomacy, the report says,
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I don't know how much better information you can get than this. CNN and ABC reported that the United States warned India in October that hotels and business centers in Mumbai would be targeted by attackers coming from the sea, as happened in last week's attack. ABC said that one US intelligence official even named the Taj Mahal hotel, one of 10 sites hit in the 60-hour ordeal. It said Indian
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It may cost a pretty penny, but Red Sox fans can now take their favorite team with them to their ultimate destination (Hat Tip: Hot Air).
A Massachusetts funeral home recently took delivery of the first Red Sox casket, which features the team logo on the exterior as well as the inside. The casket is manufactured by Eternal Image of Michigan, which has a licensing agreement with Major League
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Red Tulips (whom I have actually met!) was in the Chabad House at Oxford (England) (pictured) this past weekend at almost exactly the moment when Chabad House in Mumbai was being retaken. She has written an essay describing her experience, which I urge you all to read in full: At almost the exact moment that Chabad House in Mumbai was being retaken, Israel was being compared to Nazi Germany at
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The economy may be lousy in much of the world - the stock markets in New York tanked again today - but there is one place here in Israel where business is booming: Christmas in Bethlehem. (The picture is from last year's celebration at the Church of the Nativity). "Jingle Bells" rang out over Manger Square on Sunday as Bethlehem opened a Christmas market that the Palestinian city hopes will help
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The Deccan Mujahadein, the shadowy group that took responsibility for last week's carnage in Mumbai, has issued an email threatening to attack New Delhi next (Hat Tip: Puneet). The Intelligence Bureau has also sounded a fresh alert to Delhi Police asking them to step up security at vital installations in the capital after an email, which police sources said was signed by the "Deccan Mujahideen",
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The next time I'm in Boston, which is likely to be fairly soon, someone please remind me to stop in at Cambridge Savings Bank and give them a piece of my mind. In fact, you should go give them a piece of your mind too if you are in the Boston area. Cambridge Savings Bank is raising money for a 'Palestinian' Arab charity that has refused to sign a USAID-mandated pledge that its funds will not go
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Last week, the Holy Land Foundation was convicted of funding Hamas terror activities in Israel to the tune of $5 million. At a rally following the conviction, Noor Elashi, the daughter of HLF chairman Ghassan Elashi, was flanked by one Hadi Jawad, one of HLF's biggest supporters. Jawad supports another 'cause' in the United States: the anti-Semitic raving leftist Cindy Sheehan.
You would be
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Last week, I reported that the United States was considering selling tanks to the Lebanese army despite its being largely Shiite, i.e. largely infested with Hezbullah supporters. Now, Lebanon has gone to the other corner and asked Iran to sell it midsized weapons (Hat Tip: IMRA). Lebanese President Michel Suleiman recently asked Iran for medium-sized weapons for Lebanon's army, in a move aimed at
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This is an IBN (CNN affiliate) report on the interrogation of the only terrorist who was captured alive in Mumbai. This report confirms the use of Google Earth, which I discussed here (Hat Tip: Puneet). Let's go to the videotape.
As you saw, the report also confirms stories of Pakistani involvement in the attacks. That's no great surprise either.
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Will this be the latest indicator of 'hope and change'? According to unconfirmed sources, Hamas politburo leader Khaled Meshaal has sent a message to US President elect Barack Hussein Obama asking to meet with him. Mashaal reportedly asked Obama to recognize Hamas and its "great influence in the Palestinian arena" in order to end the conflict with Israel. Hamas's leader wrote that he would agree
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Recall that I reported that several of the female hostages at Chabad House were found tied up. It will probably surprise none of my readers that there is strong evidence that the Israeli hostages who were murdered in Mumbai were tortured before their deaths (Hat Tip: Anand via Little Green Footballs). Asked what was different about the victims of the incident, another doctor said: "It was very
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I strongly advise you not to have any food anywhere in your digestive system when you watch this video. Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Shy Guy).
Does anyone remember any 'history' like this after previous elections? I don't.
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At the end of a lengthy editorial about this week's events in India, the JPost poses a question that deserves an answer: 3. And finally, even though this was clearly an assault against innocent civilians and exclusively against civilian targets - hospitals, hotels and a train station - why does much of the British media, including the BBC and SkyNews, label the killers "militants" instead of
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The descendants of 'Palestinians' who purportedly fled from the Haifa area during Israel's 1948 War of Independence will be 'resettled' in Canada and Sweden next week after being trapped on the Iraqi-Syrian border since Saddam Hussein's downfall. Note how the media ignore why these people are 'refugees' in the first place and does not even consider the possibility that the Arabs ought to be
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US President George W. Bush asked Israeli Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert why he is giving Syrian President Assad the Golan for nothing. Olmert had no answer. U.S. President George Bush believes that Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week.
After Olmert updated
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In this brief video clip, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg HY"D (may God avenge his blood), who was murdered by Islamic terrorists in Mumbai, India this week, speaks about his work at Chabad of Mumbai:
JPost editor David Horovitz adds: Man's capacity to do the unthinkable to his fellow man continues to astonish and horrify afresh. Reconciling such brutality with the notion of an abiding divine presence
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'Palestinians' who hoped to travel to Mecca for pilgrimage are still in Gaza this evening - because Hamas won't let them out. On Friday, the Palestinian Authority announced that pilgrims should report to the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt the following day.
The Gaza pilgrims were to cross into Egypt and travel from there to Mecca. But after the Palestinian Authority announcement,
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Some of the terrorists who were involved in the massacre this week in Mumbai had actually stayed in Chabad (Nariman) House by posing as Malaysian students according to the only terrorist captured alive. Azam Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist nabbed alive, has revealed names and addresses of at least five people from the city who helped the terror operation.
Sources said that help like,
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The bodies of at least two female victims from the Chabad House were bound with telephone cords and Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg had managed to cover his wife's body with a talith (prayer shawl) before he was murdered himself. The bodies of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, and kashrus inspector Aryeh Leibish Teitelbaum, were found in the Mumbai Chabad House library, with holy books
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Israel's foreign ministry has confirmed the deaths of eight Israelis in Mumbai. Among them are Rabbi Gavriel and Rivka Holtzberg HY"D (may God avenge their blood), the director of the Chabad House in Mumbai and his wife (pictured at the top of this post). More here and here and more from me later.
UPDATE 8:28 PM
Watch closely as there may be as many as ten dead Israelis. Here's more from Arutz
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These are the last couple entries from Yeshiva World News' liveblog of events at the Chabad House (Nariman House) in Mumbai:
UPDATE Fri 7:58 AM EST / 2:58 PM IL: Mumbai officials reporting all four terrorists in the Chabad House have been killed. There is a large crowd outside the building that appears to be attempting to rush police barricades. There is total chaos at that location after 45
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I'm doing it a little bit early today, because it's a very short Friday and I have work to do. Here are some of the stories I'm not going to get to this week.
Twisted political group offers Jew-bashing Christmas concert (Hark the Heralds angels sing?)
An anti-Semite's Christmas (And it's still nearly a month away!)
The miller's tale (again) (It would be nice to see Aaron Miller admit that
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This is a video from an Arab website that was uploaded to YouTube by Israelis. Let's go to the videotape and then I'll tell you what you're watching (you'll have to click through that you can watch 'mature' videos, but there's nothing gory or sexy about this one).
Here's the explanation for what you just saw: The Blue Eye website, which brings this information, calls the video "very rare."
It
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The 'final assaults' are underway at Chabad House and at the hotels in Mumbai. You can watch streaming video (in English) here (Hat Tip: Charles). IBN just announced that six hostages have been murdered at the Oberoi Hotel where many Israelis were staying. Israel's foreign ministry said this morning that there may be as many as twenty Israelis in Chabad House and some 32 Israelis have not made
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Thanksgiving open thread!
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And you just knew that this had to be coming too (Hat Tip: Jihad Watch). For the first time no one is blaming Muslim organizations.
The Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare and other officers of the ATS have been killed. These were the same people who were investigating the Malegaon Blasts--in which Praggya Singh, an army officer and several other noted personalities of the BJP-RSS-Bajrang Dal-VHP
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You just knew this was coming. The terrorists barricaded in several locations in Mumbai holding travelers and locals as hostages issued a first statement since they carried out a coordinated attack on Wednesday evening that killed at least 110 people, Sky News reported.
"We urge the Indian government to return stolen Muslim lands," the terrorists said in their statement. 'Stolen Muslim lands?'
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I have been forwarded an email from a source in Mumbai who intimates that seven Israelis have been murdered at Chabad House. I am reproducing the email below: you dont really know the real scene its bad...in Nariman house these son of thousand fathers(his respect for Mohammedians) asked a family about their residence country and when they came to know israel they just shot them all three.....7
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Well here's a story I missed on Friday when I was madly trying to get work done before the Sabbath. It seems that Kadima's candidate for Prime Minister Tzipora Livni flew from Tel Aviv to Newark on El Al last week and threw a temper tantrum when they only sat her in business class and not in first class (Hat Tip: Jameel). ISRAELI foreign minister Tzipi Livni, who could become prime minister after
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Here's a picture from 'moderate' 'Palestinian' President Mahmoud Abbas Abu Mazen's office in Ramallah that appeared on the front page of Monday's al-Ayyam, a 'Palestinian' newspaper (Hat Tip: Palestinian Media Watch).
Look at the map behind Abu Mazen on the wall. Note the picture of 'Palestine.' Note what's missing: The State of Israel.
'Two-state solution' anyone?
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'Egyptian brother' Mohamed ElBaradei pushed a measure through his feckless International Atomic Energy Agency on Wednesday to allow the UN agency to assist Syria in developing a nuclear capability. The Western nations that opposed the measure - the United States, Canada, Australia, France and Britain - didn't even bring it to a vote in the end out of fear that they would lose. In the end,
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Isi Liebler rips the mask off the fraud known as 'Islamophobia,' which is going to be one of the themes of the upcoming Durban II conference. The OIC bitterly complains that Islamophobia in Western countries is rampant and escalating. Yet taking into account that global terrorism today emanates overwhelmingly from Islamic fundamentalists - including those born and bred in the societies hosting
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The Jerusalem Post reports Thursday morning that one of the buildings that was attacked by terrorists on Wednesday night in Mumbai (Bombay) is the local Chabad House. On Thursday morning, the kidnappers apparently released the couple's young boy and his nanny, who said that the rabbi and his wife were alive but unconscious. Indian television showed footage of the young boy leaving the building
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The UN selected one NGO to speak at their session on the 'inalienable rights' of the 'Palestinian people' and it was a doozer. And of course, the speaker accused Israel of 'apartheid.' Let's go to the videotape.
'Apartheid'? That's funny, I don't recall seeing any signs like this one from South Africa in Israel.
Do any other Israelis recall seeing a sign like this in Israel?
Of course not.
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Speaking at an exhibition of his country's 'nuclear achievements' at Tehran University on Wednesday, Iranian nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh announced that Iran has more than 5000 centrifuges up and running at its Natanz nuclear plant, a significant increase from 4000 last summer. At the exhibition, Iran for the first time put on public display one of its P-1 centrifuges and officials at the
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Speaking at an exhibition of his country's 'nuclear achievements' at Tehran University on Wednesday, Iranian nuclear chief Gholam Reza Aghazadeh announced that Iran has more than 5000 centrifuges up and running at its Natanz nuclear plant, a significant increase from 4000 last summer. At the exhibition, Iran for the first time put on public display one of its P-1 centrifuges and officials at the
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I missed this one while I was away. Hat Tip: Yogi.
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I missed this one while I was away. Hat Tip: Yogi.
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David Albright and Andrea Scheel of the Institute for Science and International Security propose to rein in the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East by having nuclear suppliers insist on greater transparency (pdf link) in countries' nuclear programs. According to Mark T. Clark at Harvard's Middle East Strategy at Harvard: The authors believe that the next administration must take
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David Albright and Andrea Scheel of the Institute for Science and International Security propose to rein in the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East by having nuclear suppliers insist on greater transparency (pdf link) in countries' nuclear programs. According to Mark T. Clark at Harvard's Middle East Strategy at Harvard: The authors believe that the next administration must take
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In case any of you thought that Tuesday's story about the President of the UN General Assembly calling Israel an 'apartheid state' and calling for its destruction was made up, let's go to the videotape.
I'm still looking for a reason why the 'United Nations' ought to continue to exist, and why the West - especially the United States - ought to continue to support it. Anyone want to take a shot
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In case any of you thought that Tuesday's story about the President of the UN General Assembly calling Israel an 'apartheid state' and calling for its destruction was made up, let's go to the videotape.
I'm still looking for a reason why the 'United Nations' ought to continue to exist, and why the West - especially the United States - ought to continue to support it. Anyone want to take a shot
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This one sounds so perfect, I still can't believe they didn't run it. Did McCain want to win this election? (Hat Tip: Hot Air). "My favorite ad of the campaign was as simple as it could be," Davis said. "And it started out something like, 'Long before the world knew of John McCain or Barack Obama, one of them spent five years in a hellhole because he refused early release to honor his fellow
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This one sounds so perfect, I still can't believe they didn't run it. Did McCain want to win this election? (Hat Tip: Hot Air). "My favorite ad of the campaign was as simple as it could be," Davis said. "And it started out something like, 'Long before the world knew of John McCain or Barack Obama, one of them spent five years in a hellhole because he refused early release to honor his fellow
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Iran's IRNA news agency is reporting that at least one of the three alleged Israeli spies arrested on Monday had penetrated the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. IRNA quoted Teheran General Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as saying the network formed after Israel's Mossad spy agency recruited a man who had "previously been in connection with the Guards."
He said the three members of the network
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Iran's IRNA news agency is reporting that at least one of the three alleged Israeli spies arrested on Monday had penetrated the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps. IRNA quoted Teheran General Prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi as saying the network formed after Israel's Mossad spy agency recruited a man who had "previously been in connection with the Guards."
He said the three members of the network
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Seeking IAEA support for funding a Syrian nuclear reactor, Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the feckless IAEA, leaped into action again Tuesday, urging his board members to reserve judgment of the Assad regime Syrian brothers' nuclear capability. According to ElBaradei, the 'Syrian brothers' are innocent until proven guilty. Speaking at a closed meeting of the IAEA's board on Monday, ElBaradei did
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Seeking IAEA support for funding a Syrian nuclear reactor, Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief of the feckless IAEA, leaped into action again Tuesday, urging his board members to reserve judgment of the Assad regime Syrian brothers' nuclear capability. According to ElBaradei, the 'Syrian brothers' are innocent until proven guilty. Speaking at a closed meeting of the IAEA's board on Monday, ElBaradei did
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At The American Thinker, Ed Lasky describes the likely influence of Brent Scowcroft on the incoming Obama administration. The possibility that Brent Scowcroft will become the eminence grise of the Obama Administration may chill some people this winter.
Brent Scowcroft, 83 years old and the head of the Scowcroft Group, is unlikely to play a visible role in the Obama Administration. However, by
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At The American Thinker, Ed Lasky describes the likely influence of Brent Scowcroft on the incoming Obama administration. The possibility that Brent Scowcroft will become the eminence grise of the Obama Administration may chill some people this winter.
Brent Scowcroft, 83 years old and the head of the Scowcroft Group, is unlikely to play a visible role in the Obama Administration. However, by
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This Saturday, November 29, will mark the 61st anniversary of the adoption of a UN resolution calling for the partition of the portion of the British mandate that is west of the Jordan River into a Jewish and a 'Palestinian' state. The Jews accepted the resolution; the Arabs rejected it. As a result, the State of Israel was born nearly six months later and was immediately attacked by five Arab
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The weekly Shiny Happy Dhimmi carnival went up on Sunday while I was in transit, and I found and enjoyed while trying to dig out from a month's worth of mail. You'll enjoy it too by clicking here.
The carnival features a great quote from Winston Churchill.
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Hezbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has been in hiding almost constantly since he provoked the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006. In February, Hezbullah's military commander, Imad Mughniyeh, was assassinated in Syria. Hezbullah has accused Israel of being behind the assassination and has vowed to avenge it. But Nasrallah does not want to come out of hiding. And now that Hezbullah
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Time Magazine is reporting that Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert is being warned by the Bush administration not to attack Iran or Hamas in the days between now and the inauguration of Democratic President Barack Hussein Obama.
U.S. officials have asked Israel to refrain from launching any major military action in the region during the waning days of the Bush presidency, Israeli sources have told
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Remember Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair? Last seen shopping in a well-stocked Gaza supermarket, it now turns out that Booth is also on the payroll of the Ahmadinejad regime in Iran.
Her bio blurb on the web site's founders page notes some interesting info about the the Daily Mail columnist I wasn't aware of: Lauren presents ‘In Focus’ on the Islam Channel
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Over at Commentary, Shmuel Rosner has some interesting comments about the possibility of Israel electing Binyamin Netanyahu Prime Minister in February (which seems increasingly likely) and how Netanyahu might get along with the incoming Obama administration:
Here are a couple of reasons why Netanyahu and Obama should be able to work it out:
1. Obama will not want to be seen as someone looking
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Jurors in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas have convicted the Holy Land Foundation of financing 'Palestinian' terrorism in a retrial that ended in a Dallas courtroom today (Hat Tip: Shug via Little Green Footballs). Jurors have convicted a Muslim charity and five of its former leaders of all 108 charges in the largest terrorism financing trial since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The verdict was announced Monday
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Scary stuff. Should not require any further comment.
Hat Tip: NY Nana
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IAEA Chairman Mohamed ElBaradei leaped into action again on Monday, saying that his feckless agency has the 'right' to help Syria build a nuclear reactor - for 'peaceful' purposes only of course. The United States is seeking to block the aid. The clash reflected tensions between Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear agency, and key Western nations over whether Syria should be given
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In a column in Monday's Jerusalem Post, former US Middle East 'peace' negotiator Aaron David Miller says that we can all forget about an Israeli-'Palestinian' agreement. Varying kinds of accommodations cease fires, informal cooperation and temporary arrangements may still be possible. But an agreement now or perhaps for the foreseeable future that revolves conclusively the four core issues (
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US Secretary of State Condi Clueless said on Sunday night that the reason there is no 'peace agreement' between Israel and the 'Palestinians' is the 'political turmoil' in Israel. "Even though there was not an agreement by the end of the year, it is really largely because of the political situation in Israel," Rice told reporters. Of course. The fact that the 'Palestinians' have never made a
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Israel is concerned that a US plan to sell hundreds of M-60 tanks to Lebanon will result in Hezbullah acquiring heavy armor that it never had before. On Friday, the An-Nahar daily reported the US was planning to deliver dozens of M60 tanks to Lebanon in several batches starting early next year. A specific number was not reported.
The M60 tank is an all-purpose tank made in the US with advanced
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Kadima leader Tzipora Livni is proud of her role in the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the Second Lebanon War two years ago. But the resolution has been totally ineffective. Take this weekend, for example. Hezbullah conducted military exercises south of the Litani River, less than twenty-five miles from Israel's northern border with Lebanon. Let's go to the videotape
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Another reason that Israel should be grateful to the Bush administration. Newsweek reports that in August, the Bush administration prevented the transfer of missile parts (including gyroscopes for guidance systems) from North Korea to Iran by pressuring India to refuse to allow the North Korean delivery jet to fly over India's airspace. On Aug. 4, an Ilyushin aircraft operated by North Korea's
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Times of London Jerusalem correspondent Uzi Mahnaimi reports in Sunday's editions that Israel is getting a bit antsy over US inaction on Iran and may take matters into its own hands. Mounting fears that the United States will do nothing to prevent Iran becoming a nuclear power will be outlined by Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister, when he meets President George W Bush in Washington tomorrow.
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Okay, it's been a few days. Please allow me to explain.
As those of you who read regularly know, I was in Boston working for the last month. I've been very busy with work (to put it mildly) and had very little time to post except at odd hours of the night, if that.
Last Tuesday, Mrs. Carl joined me in Boston. On Thursday, we were supposed to drive to New York for the wedding of the daughter of
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Israel's first astronaut came up with another quotable quote on Monday that ought to make it into Shimon says (Hat Tip: Red Tulips). Speaking at the annual General Assembly of the United Jewish Committees, he said that "making peace is a little bit like marriage [and] you have to close your eyes and accept what is possible to accept." His audience laughed and applauded. Would any of you marry
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In an interview with the German Magazine Der Spiegel on Tuesday, Israeli Air Force General Ido Nechushtan said that the IDF is ready to do "whatever is demanded of us" with respect to Iran:
SPIEGEL: Will a military strike take place if the international sanctions do not prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb? Nehushtan: This is a political decision. But if I understand it correctly, all
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Martin Kramer discusses what the memories of 1967 really mean to the Arabs.
The memory of 1967 thus became the basis of an implicit understanding between the regimes and the peoples: the regimes will avert war, and in return the people will stay loyal, even docile. The regimes have upheld their end, by gradually coming to terms with Israel, and by leaving the Palestinians to fight their own fight
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The IAEA announced on Monday that it has found uranium traces at the site of Syria's al-Kibar 'alleged' nuclear plant that was destroyed by Israel in September 2007. But IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei (pictured) is apparently not discounting the claim by the 'Syrian brothers' that the uranium came from IAF sources. The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency
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In Sunday's Los Angeles Times, former speaker of the Knesset Avram Burg complains about the Holocaust's 'unholy hold' on Israel (Hat Tip: Hot Air). The constant presence of the Shoah is like a buzz in my ear. In Israel, children are always, it seems, preparing for their rite-of-passage "Auschwitz trip" to Poland. Not a day passes without a mention of the Holocaust in the only newspaper I read,
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There's a great poll out on American attitudes about Israel and the 'Palestinians' and it might give the Obama White House some pause about pushing Israel to endanger its security. Only 19 percent of Americans think "making peace between Israel and the Palestinians" should be among President-elect Barack Obama's top priorities foreign policy priorities, according to a recent poll of voters
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Times of London Jerusalem columnist Uzi Mahnaimi (follow those two links for previous Mahnaimi stories that have turned out to be the delusional ravings of a leftist lunatic) is reporting on Sunday that President elect Barack Hussein Obama is going to throw his support behind the 'Saudi plan,' which would ostensibly have Arab countries recognize Israel in exchange for Israel's surrender to the
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With the Carnival of the Insanities on hiatus, we have the Shiny Happy Dhimmi trying to pick up the slack. I'm not sure why he called it that, but you can check it out here.
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Israel is furious over an effort by the British government to bring about a boycott of produce originating in the 'West Bank' (Judea and Samaria). Relations between Israel and Britain remained strained on Thursday over Downing Street's intention to label products manufactured in West Bank settlements, a week before the expected arrival of British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
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Israel Matzav
Oxfam has called for the 'international community' to use all of its 'political might' to take 'decisive action' to cause Israel to reopen access to the Gaza Strip despite 'Palestinian' rocket fire on Ashkelon and Sderot. Oxfam called on the state [of Israel] to end "the blockade" of the Strip. "World leaders must step up and exercise all their political might to break the blockade of Gaza," a
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Israel Matzav
I want to remind you all once again that I am still in Boston (yes, I know, this has been a long trip) and that while it is already the Sabbath in Jerusalem, it is still several hours until the Sabbath starts in Boston.
The JPost reports on the 'advice' President-elect Barack Hussein Obama is getting on dealing with surrendering to Iran: "An attack would almost certainly fail" while coercing
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Israel Matzav
Speaking to Fox News, Israel's delusional President Shimon Peres claims that Iran will have to choose between providing bread and butter for its people or fuel for its nuclear plant - and takes it for granted that they will choose bread and butter. Thus far, everything Iran's leadership has done and said indicates otherwise.
Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: NY Nana). The fun starts about four
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