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Tank Shell from Syria Falls on Golan Heights Community
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → Israel → IDFStray fire from the Syrian civil war sent a Syrian army tank shell on a northern Golan Heights community Wednesday after three months of quiet. No one was injured, and there was no property damage, and army sappers naturalized the shell. Similar to the mortar shells that exploded in the Golan Heights last November, there [...]
Iron Dome Tested Near Jerusalem
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → Israel → IDFThe Iron Dome anti-missile defense system was tested near the city of Modi’in, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, before being removed on Wednesday, Haaretz reported. A battery stationed there would protect the Jerusalem area from rocket attacks. At least two rockets were fired from Gaza at Jerusalem during last November’s Operation Pillar of Defense, [...]
Obama, Bibi To Discuss Iran Nuke Timetable
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IranJERUSALEM – Only hours after Israel’s Ministry of Defense announced the successful testing of an Arrow-3 missile, the world’s most advanced interceptor system designed to destroy a potential Iranian nuclear-tipped ballistic warhead in space, Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that during President Obama’s trip to Israel later this month, the president will brief Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a possible U.S. surgical strike against Iranian nuclear installations.
Hizbullah Denies Syria Rebels’ Claim They Hit Nasrallah’s Deputy
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IranSyrian rebels have claimed that they wounded Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s top deputy in the bombing of a Syrian army convoy, but Hizbullah immediately denied it. A Lebanese newspaper reported that rebels said Naim Qassem was with senior army officers loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad when the explosion hit the convoy on the Damascus-Beirut [...]

Why Will This Year’s AIPAC Conference Be Different From Other AIPAC Conferences?
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IsraelWASHINGTON – Next week’s annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington may be as notable for what – and who – is missing as what’s planned.
Abbas: Freeing Terrorists and Prisoners Key Condition for Peace
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → Eye on PalestineFreeing thousands of Palestinian Authority prisoners, including several terrorists serving multiple life terms in jail, has become a central condition for making peace with Israel, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday. He seized on the current tension created by a hunger strike of prisoners and the PA allegations that prisoner Arafat Jarakat was tortured to [...]

Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IsraelGulliver has a one-year license for exploring an area between Sodom and Arad.

PA Cries ‘Foul,’ Cancels Peres’ ‘Peace Process Soccer Game’
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → Eye on PalestineThe Palestinian Authority is just as stubborn as Shimon Peres. Every time he tries to resurrect it, the PA buries it deeper. This time around, they kicked his “soccer peace” game in the teeth.

VP Biden Confirmed for AIPAC Speech as Iran Nukes Heat Up
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → IranPresident Obama will visit Israel later this month and will, therefore, skip the AIPAC meeting this year.
Six Syrians Released from Israeli Hospital
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → News BriefsAn IDF spokesman announced on Wednesday morning that, following the completion of their medical treatment, six of the seven injured Syrians that received medical aid in Israel have been released. The IDF medical discharge of the Syrians was completed at an undisclosed location—for their own safety. They returned to Syria. An additional Syrian who is [...]

Reformed Skinhead Sharing his Antisemitic Past
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → Antisemitism"I did not know any Jewish people in my life, so it was so easy for me to consider all the stereotypes I heard."
Hezbollah Insisting Nasrallah Alive and well and Living in Beirut
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → News BriefsHezbollah dismissed late Tuesday night the plethora of media reports alleging its secretary-general Hasan Nasrallah was being treated abroad for medical reasons. “Sayyed [Hasan Nasrallah] is in good health and is in Lebanon and hasn’t gone anywhere,” went a statement by the terror group. Hezbollah said the statement was in response to some media reports [...]

EU Urging Boycott of Companies Threatening Two-State Solution
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → EuropeInternal report: "Building in Jerusalem the greatest threat to the two-state solution."

Briefcase of Israel’s Atomic Energy Chief Stolen
Posted on: February 27th, 2013
NewsBurglars stole a briefcase belonging to Dr. Shaul Horev, head of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission in a home break-in. The burglary at the home of Dr. Horev took place on Sunday night but became public knowledge two days later with the lifting of a gag order. Also stolen was Horev’s wallet and a mobile phone. The [...]

Posted on: February 27th, 2013
News → PhotosThis is the president’s plane Air Force One waiting to pick him up from Joint Base Andrews, Md, after a nice trip to Newport News, Va., Feb. 26, 2013. The president has gotten off his chopper and is now walking on the wet tarmac towards his plane. We’ve all glimpsed the insides of Air Force [...]

Despite Flaws, Missteps, Ineptitude, Hagel Will Get Defense UPDATE
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
NewsLast week, 15 Republican senators sent a letter to the president asking him to withdraw the Hagel nomination.

Insensitive Kerry Brags to Germans about Nazi Freedoms in America
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
News → AntisemitismIn Germany, the law restricts neo-Nazi propaganda and Nazi symbols are banned.
No Sexual Misconduct by Gideon Sa’ar
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
News → News BriefsSomeone when to great lengths to forge a letter to try to force out Gideon Sa'ar.

Gentile Prisoners Suddenly Become Jewish for Kosher Food
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
News → JewishPennsylvania prisoners say they are Jewish simply because they want kosher food, which inflates the prison budget. Passover solve the problem when the inmates discover they can’t eat “kitniyot.”

Film on Moroccan Jews Survives Zionist Propaganda Charges (Video)
Posted on: February 26th, 2013
News → IslamistsA Moroccan film on Jews who have abandoned the country for Israel has met fierce Islamist and left-wing protests but has survived charges that it is “Zionist propaganda” designed to encourage “normalization” with Israel. In the film “Tinghir-Jerusalem: Echoes from the Mellah,” director Kamal Hachkar talks with people in villages about their memories of some [...]
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