FEBRUARY 2012 NO 183
IRAN:
--Iran is boasting of its new uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, buried deep inside a mountain and thought by Iran to be immune to air attack! (CNN)
--Ahmadi Roshan an Iranian professor and nuclear scientist was killed by a bomb attached to his car in Teheran on Jan 11 (Fars-Iran)
--A report claims Iran is boasting of an underground one kiloton nuclear bomb test in 2012 (Emet)
--Iran has warned Gulf States against making up any shortfall in oil supplies due to US & EU sanctions (AFP)
--A report on Jan 18 says that Iranian speed-boats have been harassing US naval vessels in the Strait of Hormuz (AFP)
--A report on Jan 19 claims many Iranian scientists are asking to leave the nuclear program and return to university research (D Alert)
--Israel now claims that Iran has all the ingredients for an atomic bomb and could produce one as soon as it wants to (Maariv)
--Iran is playing for time by offering fresh negotiations on their nuclear program whilst at the same time completing its fortification of its nuke sites to make it harder for Israel to destroy them (Ynet)
--Iran’s Quds force Suleimani has boasted to General Petraeus, of his power in Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Afhanistan (Meid)
--Iran has been described in a miliary mag. as an inexhaustible source and supply of ‘threats’ (Strategy)
--A report on Jan 27 says Iran is preparing to stop all oil trade with Europe BEFORE the EU bans imports in 6 moths! (Fin’l Times UK)
--Iran’s threat of catastrophic retaliation for any military attack is being discounted by Israel largely as bluff (N.York Times)
--Some commentators are writing that a nuclear armed Iran would assert dominance in the Persian Gulf area and use terror with impunity (D Alert)
--In an amazing display of premeditated sarcasm, Iran has asked the International Atomic Energy Agency for ‘permission’ to enrich uranium to 90 % (D Alert)
--In a bid to dodge sanctions, Iran Shipping Lines has renamed 90 of its 123 ships (J Post)
--In a speech to Iran’s youth, on Jan 29, Pres Ahmadinejad claimed Israel was ‘installed’ to gain control of oil in the Middle East (J Post)
--The devastating explosion in December at a missile Base near Teheran was probably caused when an experimental large long range missile suffered a work accident (J Post)
--A report shows a 127 % increase in Iran’s Defence budget (D Alert)
--On Feb 3 Iran claimed to have launched a micro-satellite weighing 110s pounds (Wash Post)
--Iran’s latest rhetoric says they will support any nation or people fighting against the Zionist ‘tumor; which WILL be cut off!!! (Wash Post)
--Iran’s website explains why it is accep table to kill Jews and wipe out Israel…IT WOULD ONLY TAKE 1O MINUTES they boast!! (D Alert)
USA:
--AS USA warned Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, the International Energy Agency spoke of releas- ing 14 million barrels of oil per day if needed (Reuters)
--A US citizen has been charged with plotting Islamic attacks in USA. He boasts, ‘Muslim blood is more valuable than that of non Muslims’. (AP)
--USA is to sell Israel more than 2500 items of Hummers, trucks and other equipment used in Iraq (Ynet)
--Visiting Israel on Jan 9, Dem. Sen Inouye said “If you attack Israel, you attack the USA…..thank God we have Israel” (J Post)
--The new White House Chief of Staff, Jack Lew, is known to be very pro-Israel.(Ynet)
--A report on Jan 9 says US Sec of State Burns has met with the head of the Egyptian M. Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party!!! (Reuters)
--A recent report claims Israel is recruiting Iranian refugees for intell work in Iran!! (Meid)
--A report on Jan 12 confirms USA has 15,000 troops in Kuwait and 2 aircraft carriers and their strike groups, ‘in the region’(L A Times)
--US has used a ‘secret channel’ to warn Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz. (N.York Times)
--USA has imposed sanction on 3 large companies in China, Singapore and the UAE for conducting business with Iran’s energy sector (US State Dept)
--A report on Jan 20 says Israel is quietly exporting products to Islamic countries, successfully avoiding harmful publicity (Haretz)
--On Jan 25 USA extended loan guarantees to Israel, worth $3.8 BILLION!! (Haaretz)
--On Jan 24 Pres Obama said the USA commitment to Israel’s security is “iron-clad” (White House)
--USA is sending their old USS Ponce to the Middle East to be used as a ‘mother ship’ for Navy Seals (Wash Post)
--USA suspects their 30,000 pound bunker buster bomb, the Predator, would not destroy Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, so they are going to build a bigger one!! (Wall St Journal)
--On Sept 5 Pres Obama indicated USA will act with Israel to ‘solve ‘the Iran ‘problem’ (D Alert)
ISRAEL:
--Israel is increasing its protection of the offshore drilling rigs in east Medit: (Ha’aretz)
--A report on Jan 9 says Israel will sell ‘an Asian nation’ $1.1 (Bill) in weapons systems over the next 4 years! (Reuters)
--Mr Netanyahu told a ‘Birthright Group’ of the nation of Israel in which Arabs have full rights, where people can speak freely and criticise the PM and where a woman is the Chief Justice. None of those rights exist in Islamic nations round about !! (P.M Office)
--On Jan 15 Israel rejected US and Iran’s accusations of complicity in the assassination of an Iranian scientist (D Alert)
--Israel and USA have called off their largest ever joint missile defence exercise until mid year! (Haaretz)
--PM Netanyahu has accused Iran of using the Sinai as a staging post for attacks on Israel (AFP) A report on Jan 18 claims Israel is preparing from an attack on Gaza in the next few months as a result of Hamas assembling large amounts of weaponry (J Post)
--Israel has announced it has a 9 metres long unmanned naval weapons station vessel, that reaches 57mph. (IDF)
--Ongoing negotiations with the Pals in Amman are said to be to bolster the picture of PA Chairman Abbas, and help Jordan’s Abullah ease street protests (D Alert)
--A report on Jan 29 says that approx 722,000 Jews live beyond the green line, inc the West Bank and the Golan (D Alert)
--Israel’s Chief of Staff Gantz says that Hizbullah has taken advantage of the chaos in Syria, to acquire stocks of sophisticated military equipment (Meid)
--PM Netanyahu is quoted as saying to a ‘righteous gentile’ that he, the PM’s “Sabbath joy is to study the Bible”. (Meid)
--A Jan 27 report says Israel is to conduct its first full scale parachute exercise in 15 years, praps as a prelude to striking Hizbullah (UP)
--Israel’s Pres Peres recently blasted Turkey for sending $900 (Mill) to Hamas so they can more efficiently try to kill Israelis! (D Alert)
--On Jan 30 Mr Netanyahu emphasised that Israel MUST remain in the Jordan Vallet to ensure Israel’s security. (J Post)
--Israel’s Mossad chief, Pardo, made a secret visit to Washington last week in Jan to discuss Iran’s nuclear program (AFPT)
--The IDF has arrested a Pal who was released in Oct under the Shalit deal, as a ‘security threat’ (Haretz)
--On Jan 31 Mr Netanyahu won the Likud Party ‘primary’ . He claimed that LIKUD had done all the wonders for Israel!! (Meid)
--Figures released on Feb 2 show that Israel is among the world’s most highly educated countries, ahead of USA, UK and Japan but behind Canada, which is a pro Israel country (J Post)
--IDF chief Gantz points out that Israel is the only country in the world against whom another country is building tools to destroy it (Haaretz)
--On Feb 2 Israel’s V. Prem. strengthened rumours of a pending Israeli strike against Iran by making several ominous statements (Haretz)
--Israeli facilities world-wide are being strengthened against possible Iranian terror attacks.(ABC)
--A new offshore gas well, Tanin1, contains an estim. 1.3 trillion c/f of Gas!(AP) Israel has recently confiscated large sums of money Hamas has tried to smuggle into the West Bank (Haretz)
--Israel will receive a 6 th Dolphin class sub, with Germany paying part of the cost (Meid)
TURKEY:
--An Asian paper describes Turkey’s economy, stock market and currency as a BUBBLE and it is BURSTING !! (Asia Times H.Kong)
--Turkey has dropped all legal proceedings against Israel over the Marmara ship incident, probly as result of US pressure! (Emet)
--Turkey, which has been importing oil from Turkey is now planning to change to a Saudi supplier (Reuters)
--Turkey recently intercepted 4 Syria bound Iranian trucks carrying material for making missiles and chemical weapons (Ynet)
--Turkey and Hamas are getting friendlier, with Turkey absolving Hamas for responsibility for attacks on Israeli civilians.(AP)
EGYPT:
--Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is making no secret of its future intentions, vowing to “pursue its final goal of establishing a rightly guided Caliphate for the education of the world” (D Alert)
--The Moslem Brotherhood in Egypt is splintering into 3 main groups (D Alert)
--The M B website in Egypt now contains anti-semitic/Israel motifs and holocaust denial (Memri)
--There has been an amazing revelation of the Egyptian army’s vast empire of factories, tourists resorts and real estate developments, all free of tax. The Moslem B will have a field day in this area!! (J Post)
--The MB now says, in power, they will not interfere in the Egypt/Israel Industrial Zones (Wash Post)
--A former US Treasury official speaking of the economic crisis in Egypt says Egypt will have to devalue its currency probly in 3 months (D Alert)
--On Jan 25 Egypt’s Moslem Brotherhood again reiterated it would never hold talks with Isreal (J Post)
--On Jan 26 terrorists tried to attack a gas pipeline installation in North Sinai but found armed forces lying wait! A Feb 5 attack was successful (D Alert)
BRITAIN:
--Britain’s Dep PM Clegg described Israel’s settlement building as ‘deliberate vandalism’, but he shows his ignorance & that he is a buffoon. There have been no new ‘settlements’ since 1993 (D Alert)
RUSSIA:
--A Russian aircraft carrier and support ships have docked in the Syrian port of Tartus early Jan (AFP)
--On Jan 12 a Russian ship laden with arms, docked at the Syrian port of Tartus (D Alert)
--On Jan 27 Russia made it quite clear than any UN resolution to ‘oust’ Pres Assad of Syria would be opposed by Russia (Haretz)
HIZBULLAH:
--Hizbullah is reported to have called of a terror attack in Thailand when one of its operators was arrested and led the police to a warehouse containing the ingredients for bombs (AP)
--A report says that Hizbullah now has long range (100 Klms) rockets and new Russian surface to air missiles (J Post)
--A report on Jan 23 says Hizbullah members have been guarding Pres Assad (D A)
--On Feb 7 Hizbullah leader Nasrallah openly admitted his organisation is totally funded by Iran. (Meid)
SYRIA:
--A Syrian Colonel defected from the Army In Dec with 50 of his troops(Al Jazeera)
--IDF Intell Chief Kochavi claimed Jan 11 Iran and Hizbullah are increasing their efforts to try to ensure Syria’s Assad regime survives. (Haretz)
--A report on Jan 18 shows the collapse of the Syrian economy, little electricity or petrol available and prices skyrocketing (Guardian, UK)
--A Syrian General was killed recently when his troops refused to fire on unarmed civilians (AGI)
--On Jan 28 the Arab monitoring mission to Syria ended because of violence. More than 8,000 Islamic people had died so far (Reuters)
--The Free Syrian Army is now challenging the Assad regime in at least 6 of the 14 ‘governorates’, using comparable weapons! (D Alert)
--On Jan 31 the Free Syrian Army warned Hizbullah they will settle ‘the score’ with its leader Nasrallah as soon as Assad is deposed!! (Ynet)
--A report on Feb 2 claims half of Syria is no longer under the control of Pres Assad’s forces (Haretz)
--On Feb 3, 220 people were killed by Pres Assad’s forces in Homs! All Islamics killed by Islamics (Wash Post)
--Commentator M Peretz says that Sunnis in power in Syria would be no less cruel((D Alert))
--Syria Opposition forces fear they may soon be facing chemical weapons (Haretz)
TERRORISM:
--3 Pals carrying 11 pipe bombs, a knfe, bullets and a pistol were arrested near Jenin on Jan 8 (J Post)
--A US commentator claims the Sinai has become a huge arms depot with up to thousands of terrorists forging terrorist infrastructures (D Alert)
--A ‘work accident’ killed one Pal in the house of terrorist commander in Gaza on Jan 14 (Reuters)
--On Jan 18 a terrorist was killed trying to plant a bomb at a border fence (Ynet)
--A Syrian funded Islamic Jihad terror cell of 10 men planning attacks within Israel, has been arrested near Jenin (Haretz) A Pal wielding an axe was arrested at a checkpoint on Jan 22 whilst trying to attack Israelis (J Post)
--Azerbaijan has arrested 2 terrorists paid by Iran to assassinate an Israeli ambassador and attack a Jewish school. (Meid)
--Pal TV is celebrating the murder of 2 Israelis and their 3 children , one only 3 months old, by 2 Pals calling the murderous swine ‘heroes’ (Haretz)
--(Note: Islamics delight in killing defenceless people)
--A work accident at a missile site near Teheran in Dec was probly a long range missile development blowing up by mysterious causes (Haretz)
--On Feb 1 Pal terrorists launched 8 rockets into Northern Israel (Meid)
--A recent photo on Facebook showing an Israeli soldier pointing an AK-47 at a Pal child, is obviously a fake as Israelis don’t use AK-47’s (Haretz)
SAUDI ARABIA:
--Saudi Arabia is pumping just under 10 million gallons of oil daily and may not be able to meet any shortfall elsewhere. (Reuters)
--On Jan 31, 35 Ethiopian ‘Christians’ were arrested in Saudi Arabia for ‘illicit mingling’ of men and women (Meid)
PA HAMAS:
--On Feb 6 Fatah and Hamas claimed to have reconciled and Mr Abbas will be the interim PM of a ‘unity gov’ Mr Netanyahu says the PA must choose between an alliance with Hamas, or peace with Israel ( J P)
--On Feb 8 Hamas Gaza leaders challenged the new reconciliation deal saying the dual presidential/PM role for Mr Abbas would be illegal ( Reuters)
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WORLD NEWS:
--In the latest setback to international efforts to isolate Israel, Bulgaria has signed accords for close cooperation with Israel in a wide area of issues (Meid)
--A report says that China has signed a series of agreements with Saudi Arabia, which probly inc oil supply ((Meid)
--Islamic militants in Nigeria have killed at least 156 people in co-ordinated attacks on Gov. sites. Its obvious that wherever Islam raises its head, people die!! (CNN)
--Whilst about 20 % of Germans hate Jews, anti-semitism is worse in other European countries (Haretz)
--A recent article asks why a disbelieving world stands idly by whilst Iran plans a total genocide of Jewish people (D Alert)
--On Jan 30 Canada’s For. Min Baird reiterated that Canada is proud to call Israel a friend, regardless of whether it is popular, convenient or expedient, also saying that Israel is a beacon of light in its region! (Meid)
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ISRAEL
--PM Netanyahu has advised there will be a regular Bible Study group in his residence (J Post)
--Israel’s Fin. Min. Steinitz warns an EU economy crash would cause a 5-10 year recession (J Post)
--After 20 rockets were fired into Israel on Dec 10/11, Israeli jets struck a weapons factory in a populated area in north Gaza (Ynet)
--With approx. 52,487 illegal labour migrants in Israel, PM Netanyahu plans to visit Africa to examine the possibility of repatriating them (Ha'aretz)
--Israel now ranks 4th behind USA, Russia and France in armaments exports (J Post)
--When Israel recently closed the Mughrabi Bridge to the Temple Mount for safety reasons, Hamas claimed it was declaration of war on Moslem ‘holy’ sites. (J Post)
--The IDF will soon have a flying parachute to carry supplies to troops.(Emet)
--Israel’s new Amos-5 communications satellite has been launched. $27 (Mill) worth of space has been sold to an African company (Emet)
--Veteran Ambass. Shoval, warns the Arab Spring is an anti-democratic, anti-human rights, producing anti-US, anti-Israel parliaments (Wash Times)
--Apple computer giant is to open a development site in Israel (Globes)
--On Dec 15 Israel announced the formation of a new ‘Command centre’ to supervise actions by the military far from Israel’s borders (Emet)
--Israel is touting its Chinese built railway from Elat to Tel Aviv as an shippers alternative to the Suez Canal. It will be a 2 hours rail trip without the heavy canal fees (Jewish Chron)
--Thousands of US troops will work with Israelis in the upcoming Juniper Cobra missile defence exercise, the largest ever (Meid)
--Israel’s Air Force is quietly resuming coordination on some air traffic controls with Turkey as Turkey’s ties with Syria dissipate (Meid)
--Israel’s Def. Min Barak says that the change in US statements on Iran is a very important development! (D Alert)
--In a recent Washington Post, writer Peter Finn speaks of an Israel engineer called Abraham Kerem who made the original odd cigar-shaped craft, the forerunner of the US Predator drone aircraft (Wash Post)
--In October Israel’s unemployment rate dropped to an all-time low of 5%.(Globes)
--A report on Dec 29 says Israel is preparing for its next assault into Gaza prob’ly being a shorter operation but using far greater firepower than before (Ha'aretz)
--Israel’s population in now reported to be 7.836 million, with 5.9 million Jews comprising 75.3 %. (Ha'aretz)
--Israel’s economy grew 4.8 % in 2011 against an average of only 1.6 % for most advanced economies (J Post)
--Israel’s anti-missile Iran Dome system is at present able to destroy 75 % of incoming rockets. This will improve following fixing a small computer problem (J Post)
--Israel is to build a fence along the Jordanian border after 16,816 illegals entered the country in 2011 (J Post)
--Despite media stories of gloom and doom for Israel, its society is extremely healthy. Unemployment is at a record low, women have the highest fertility rate in the western world, education levels continually rise and the economy grows as others decline (J Post)
--Israelis at Tel Aviv Univ. have devised a method of killing Cancer cells (Meid)
--A top Israeli IDF officer predicts the fall of the Syrian Gov in a few months if not less (J Post)
--Israeli and Pal officials met in Amman Dec 3 for ‘talks about peace talks’ (N York Times)
--Israel is voicing worry that the M/B in Egypt will revoke the peace treaty with Israel and will never recognize Israel. Israel says the M/B is a reincarnation of the totalitarian fascist movements seen in Europe over the past century! (D Alert)
--It seems almost certain Israel will buy the South Korean T50 Trainer Jet rather than the Italian one. Lucrative reciprocal trade is expected to follow (Meid)
--A recent report claims that 74 % of Israelis feel there is a high level of personal security within their country despite threats from the nations round about (D Alert)
--A commentator writes that Israel’s submarine fleet offers a strong deterrent to cause Iranian planners to reconsider raining catastrophic numbers of missiles on Israel (N. York Post)
--A writer describes Iran’s army equipped with out of date equipment with inferior hardware bought from China and North Korea! (J Post)
--Israel and USA will cooperate in the AUSTERE CHALLENGE 12 defence exercise in and around Israel. Thousands of each Israeli and US troops in a drill to test multiple Israeli and US air defence systems against possible incoming rockets. The project will not only ‘pressure’ Iran but will also show that Israel and USA are fully prepared to work together on a counter attack from Iran etc ! (AP)
--Israel has constructed a ‘virtual electronic fence’ along the Red Sea area and the Navy’s sensors are so exact they can detect objects as small as soft drink can (J Post)
--A report on Dec 12 reveals Hams has set up bases in the Sinai, plus rocket production facilities, ignored by Egypt (J Post)
--On Dec 13 the PA again rejected a call for direct negotiations with Israel (J Post)
--Gaoled terrorist Barghouti serving 67 life terms, plans to ‘run’ in the next PA elections!! (Meid)
--On Dec 14 Hamas celebrated 24 years of killing Jews, 1365, and launching 11,093 rockets against Israel (San Fran Chronicle)
--On Dec 14 Hamas called for an Arab army to liberate Jerusalem and the al-Aksa Mosque and Muslims!! (J Post)
--Since the last Israeli Gaza operation, the Pals have fired 624 rockets and 392 mortars into Israel (Meid)
--Another writer has claimed the Palestinian identity is an invention and they are but part of the Arab people. (D Alert)
--The Pal treatment of Christians living under Pal rule in the West Bank and Gaza, could mean their eventual extinction if there is no intervention (D Alert)
--The PA postponed discussions on forming a Pal Unity Gov until after Jan 26, fearing loss of US aid money! (D Alert)
--Women in the Hamas Security forces marched in Gaza carrying Kalashnikov rifles, on Dec 27 (D Alert)
--On Dec 28 Hamas leader Haniyeh confirmed the Hamas aim of total destruction of Israel and its people (Pal Media Watch)
--The PLO is making it plain they intend to ‘disengage’ from Israel and pursue very active popular resistance in Judea and Samaria (Emet)
--A report on Jan 2 claims the PA will ensure 2012 will be a year of pressure on Israel that will put it under a real international siege! (Ha'aretz)
--On Dec 8 a Syrian oil pipeline near Homs was blown up (N York Times)
--A Human Rights group is documenting hundreds of cases of torture and murder in Syria (Guardian UK)
--A report says that 70 Syrian Army deserters were murdered on Dec 19 (AFP)
--A report on Dec 21 claims 10,000 soldiers have now deserted the Syrian army and whole units have deserted ‘en masse’ Revenue from tourism and oil has almost disappeared and the Syrian currency has lost about 25 % of its value (Ha'aretz)
--When Syrian troops attacked a small town near the Turkish border the people fled to a valley, where they were slaughtered en masse by troops. (A.P)
--Just as a team from the Arab League arrived in Syria Dec 22, Assad’s troops killed more than 200 in 2 days!! Of an estimated 6,000 murders so far, at least 400 were children(D Alert)
--Al Aqsa terrorist Batash and his nephew killed in Israeli targeted air strike on Gaza Dec 8 (Ha'aretz The Egypt to Israel gas pipeline was again bombed on Dec 18, for the 10 th time (Reuters)
--A 23 year old Arab has received a 4 year gaol sentence for hurling rocks and stones at an Israeli and his daughter (Ynet)
--On Dec 27 Israeli planes killed Jihad terrorists planning attacks on Israel (Ha'aretz)
--On Jan 1 the Moslem B/hood reiterated it will never recognize Israel and will subject the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty to a people’s referendum (Ynet)
--On Jan 1 two mortar shells fired from Gaza contained phosphorus designed to ignite fires around the impact zone! (J Post)
--In 2011 More than 680 rockets, mortars and Grad missiles were fired at Israel (IDF)
--So far in 2011 Saudi Arabia has executed 73 people for alleged capital crimes. A 60 year old woman has just been beheaded for alleged witchcraft!! (D Alert)
--A 12 th grade Saudi school textbook says there is no hope of ever making peace with the Jews (Memri)
--Saudi Arabia is pumping an extra 600,00 gallons of oil per day in order to replace any loss from Iran (D Alert)
--On Dec 26 Saudi Arabia reported a budget surplus of $81.6 (Billion) due to the surge in oil prices! (AFP)
EGYPT:
--A senior member of the M. Brotherhood has claimed that the peace treaty with Israel has damaged Egypt’s honour and dignity. ‘It is a shameful pact’!! (Farsi-Iran)
--Islamists claim 75 % of the vote in Egypt’s second round vote (Reuters)
--On Dec 17 Islamic Salafis destroyed the L’Institut d’Egypte containing 200,000 ancient books and thousands of rare papers.(Ynet)
--A commentator is predicting a near future ‘collision course’ between emboldened Islamists and the firmly entrenched military regime (Wash Post)
USA:
--After Iran captured the US Sentinel UAV, USA is now worried about other nations copying their top secret technology (Defence News)
--US claims that because info within the downed drone is heavily encrypted, Iran or ‘whoever’ will find it difficult to ‘harvest’ much info from it!! (AP)
--USA voted against a resolution calling on Israel to halt all settlement building, raising the ire of 14 members of the U.N. Sec. Council (AP). USA has made the most positive statement yet on Iran’s nuclear plans “We will take whatever steps necessary to stop it” (N York Times)
--USA has restored ‘aid’ to the Pals dependent on them not pressing for more diplomatic recognition at the UN (L A Times)
--USA has allocated $235 (Mill) for the development of Israel’s David’s Sling anti-missile system and the Arrow 2 and 3 systems (YNET)
--USA has at least 775 stealth drones engaged in killing terrorists and in surveillance projects, operating out of at least 6 countries (Wash Post)
--USA is to sell $30 (Billion) dollars worth of F-15 Jets and upgrades to Saudi Arabia.(AP)
--USA is to sell a THAAD missile defence system worth $3.48 (Billion) to the United Arab Emirates (Wash. Post)
--On Dec 31 USA raised sanctions on anyone doing business with Iran’s central Bank, Bank Markazi, making it more difficult for Iran to sell oil (Wall St Journ)
--USA is reversing its decades of distrust of the M Brotherhood, which is still opposed to US interests! (N York Times)
--A writer in the N.York Daily News points out that PAL children are taught that all of Israel is Palestine and all terrorists are martyrs. He points out that the present Pal generation is not ready for peace and the next generation won’t be either!! (N.Y. Daily News)
TURKEY:
--Turkey speaks out about its Gokturk Military satellite maybe launched in 2 years and hints of selling hi-resolution photos to Israel’s enemies! (Janes)
--Turkey’s PM Erdogan hosted Hamas leader Haniyeh at his Istanbul home on Jan 1 (Meid)
--A rocket fired from Lebanon at Israel landed within Lebanon injuring a Lebanese woman(AFP)
--A farmer ploughing his field in South Lebanon found 4 Russian made rockets in his Olive grove!!! (D Alert)
--USA is to sell $11(Billion) in arms to Iraq despite PM Maliki’s aim to create a one party Shi’ite State (Times)
--As Syrian tank forces group near the Jordanian border, USA has deployed forces from Iraq to Jordan. (EMET)
--A report on Dec 29 claims Jordan has discovered a 200 million metric ton field of phosphate ores reputed to be worth $30 (Billion) (DPA)
--The Moslem Brotherhood is increasing pressure on Jordan, protesting its pro Western policies (Meid)
IRAN:
--Iran’s rulers have upgraded their strategic objective to annihilating the Jews worldwide! (Debkafile)
--A blast at an Iranian steel factory on Dec 11 killed a number of foreign nationals (Ynet)
--Every day sanctions against Iran’s Central bank grow closer This bank is the main conduit for oil revenues (Reuters)
--Iran has again warned Turkey that its participation in a NATO ballistic missile defence plan leaves it wide open as a legitimate Iranian target(UPI An Iran military ‘commander’ says Iran could shoot 150,000 missiles at Israel if attacked. Many Iranians fear war and are moving abroad (Wash Post)
--Iran’s leader Khameinei has ordered the arrest of several seniors officers in the Repub Guard following an assassination plot (Meid)
--Iran has allegedly moved most of its nuclear development programs underground near the city of Fordow (Meid)
--Iran’s leader, Khomenei says plainly “The Muslim world is engaged in a war with the non Muslim world, a war which will end only when the non-Muslim world converts to Islam” !! (Hudson Instit)
--A mysterious fire in an oil refinery in Isfahan has caused major damage (Ynet)
--Iran’s currency has lost about 50% in value since October (N.York Times)
--On Dec 27 Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz if the west imposed sanctions on its petroleum exports (VOA)
--However, an oil ministry official later admitted Iran would commit economic suicide by closing the Stait as they depend on their own oil income routed through the same Strait.(Wash Post)
--Iran has warned it will take action if the USS John C Stennis carrier returns to the Gulf. It had left because of projected Iranian naval exercises (Reuters)
--Iran’s threats were dismissed by USA saying they were a sign of Iran’s weakness and isolation as they seek to divert internal attention away from domestic problems. (VOA)
--Iran is claiming all foreign warships will soon need an Iranian permit to pass through the Strait of Hormuz!!! (Fars-Iran)
--Regime ‘insiders’ in Iran believe a war is inevitable, hence the current round of saber rattling as their currency goes further down and dozens of businesses close: Sanctions have decimated the Iranian economy (CNN)
BRITAIN:
--British Chanc. of the Exchequer says Israel is a remarkable success story and ‘beacon to the world’ (AP)
--Britain has added to US threats against Iran if any attempt is made to close the Straits of Hormuz (Tele-UK)
--A late Dec report says Hizbullah having lost fundings from Syria and Iran, is now in financial distress!! (Ynet)
--Whilst Hizbullah extols itself as a deeply religious organization, one of its kingpin adherents has smuggled 100 tons of Colombian cocaine worth hundreds of millions of dollars for the terrorists coffers! (N.York Post)
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DECEMBER 2011 NO 181
ISRAEL:
-- Israel has completed 65 klm of the border fence with Egypt. 40 klm more will be done by the end of 2011 and the other 230 klm by Sept 2012 (J Post)
--Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system may be purchased by USA and South Korea (J Post)
--A recent poll shows that 65 % of Israelis would support a wide scale military operation against the Gaza Strip (D Alert)
--Jets flown by El Al and 2 other carriers are to be fitted with the C-Music defence laser which blinds heat seeking missiles, now that Libyan arms have flooded into the Gaza Strip (Reuters)
--Israel’s new X-95 assault rifle weighs just 2.98 kg. and can be fired using one hand (India Today)
--It now seems that the majority of Israeli ministers support a strike on Iran (Emet)
--Israel’s new UAV is the most advanced UAV in the world and can carry 1 ton & can stay aloft for 20 hours! (Ynet)
--In mid Nov Israel targeted a Gaza squad experimenting with long range missiles development (Ha'aretz)
--Israel has complained 4 times in a month to the UN about rocket fire from Gaza, only to be ignored (J Post)
--A Jewish group is mapping every tombstone in the ancient Mt of Olives cemetery, 150,000 graves, stretching back 3 millennia (AP)
--With an attack on Iran in mind, Israel has developed an array of hi-tech weapons to blind, jam and deafen Iran’s defences. It can now put cell phone networks to sleep, stopping all transmissions (D Alert)
--Heavy rains early Nov, have brought some increase to water storage systems (J Post)
--Defence ties have been strengthened between Canada and Israel (D Alert)
--Israel has conducted an exercise simulating a massive mock missile attack, centred on Haifa (J Post)
--Israel has boosted its naval patrols around its Mediterranean gas fields fearing ‘guerilla’ or terror attacks (Ha'aretz)
--Moshe Arens, former Israeli Defence Min. points out that a wave of Islamic rule is sweeping away secular Arab dictatorships replacing them with Islamic ones (Nat Post, Canada)
--Israel’s high-tech exports now total about $18.4 (Bill) a year, more than 45 % of all exports (BBC News)
--On Nov 25 Israel cautioned USA against encouraging the Egyptian military Gov. to speedily transfer authority to a civilian gov. as happened with the Mubarak gov. (Maariv)
--Observers claim Israel has stationed large numbers of missiles around Jerusalem and in the West Bank !!(Emet)
--Former Mossad head Yatom says Israel cannot afford not to bomb Iran “The backlash not as bad as an Iran with nuclear weapons!” (Arutz)
--Israel has decided to release the withheld $100 (Mill) in tax credits to the PA (J Post)
--Another Dolphin class sub is to be sent to Israel by Germany which will pay 1/3 the cost (Emet)
--Israel’s very successful anti-tank missile is getting an upgrade. It has a camera in the nose to document progress in operation (D Alert)
--A fourth Iron Dome battery is to be deployed in coming months and other countries are about to purchase the system to defend against the popular Katyusha rockets (IDF)
--In the face of US Secty of Def claims against Israel, Israel blames the Pals for the deadlock in peace talks (AP)
--An Israeli commentator says that the Gaza rocket threat has the ability to blow up into a war against the entire Israeli territory (Uzi Rubin)
--A new desal plant in Ashdod will provide 100 million cubic metres of water annually and with 4 other plants will provide 85% of Israel’s household water supply by the end of 2013(Reuters)
--On Dec 6 Israeli jets attacked 2 terror cells preparing to launch rockets at Israel and an Islamic Jihad gunman was killed (Ynet)
PA/ HAMAS:
--The PA bid for UN membership has failed and the PA seems unlikely to proceed with it. (N York Times)
--The PA is engaged in Intifada 3 against Israel, a diplomatic intifada aimed at co-opting the world against Israel to force it to accede to all PA demands. The PA plans to use the International Court of Justice to prosecute many Israelis (J Post)
--An alleged agreement between the PA and Hamas may mean that the next Pal government may be in Gaza. (D Alert)
--PA’s Abbas and Hamas’s Mashaal met in Cairo on Nov 24 but failed to reach agreement on a PAL ‘UNITY’ Gov (J Post)
SYRIA:
--Syria has been suspended from the Arab League because of its violent treatment of anti-Assad demonstrators (N York Times)
--Syria has lost $2 (Bill) a month in tourist revenue due to internal violence (Wash Post)
--Dissident Officers have formed a 20,000 strong “Free Syrian Army” (Jer. Ctre)
--Thousands of the anti-Syrian opposition gathered in Tripoli Nov 27 to denounce their gov. and its Shi’ite ally, Hizbullah (AFPT)
--On Nov 27 the Arab League approved sanctions against Syria inc dealing with their Central Bank and halting funds for various projects (AP)
--The opposition group seeking power in Syria say they will cut of military relations with Iran and cease supplying militant groups with weapons!! (Wall St Journ)
--Royal Dutch Shell is to cease activities in Syria, where oil production has fallen from 380,000 BPD to 259,000. (UK Fin. Times)
--Dozens of bodies of executed Sunnis were dumped in the streets of Homs on Dec 6 in apparent retaliation for the murder of an Alawite! (AP)
--Syria’s state run newspaper’s latest, “Turkey is run by Jews” (Wall St Journal)
--A pipeline carrying oil to a refinery in the Syrian city of Homs, was blown up on Dec 8 (New York Times)
EGYPT:
--Egypt’s military heads are worried that if the Moslem B/Hood takes power in Egypt they will certainly destroy the military’s power, as happened in Turkey (D Alert)
--Egypt, which is financially ‘broke’, is buying 4 fast missile craft at $200 (Mill) each, from USA, each 63 metres long and heavily armed (Strategy Page)
--Egypt has ‘detained’ militant Islamist leader Hamad, accused of planning the Aug 19 Eilat attack which killed 8 Israelis (Maan News)
--On Nov 13 Egypt arrested 16 people, suspects in the continuing attacks on the gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan (Ha'aretz)
--20 died in clashes in Cairo between protesters and the army (CNN)
--On Nov 22 Egypt’s army pledged to transfer power to an elected Pres. by July 2012 (Wash Post)
--Ultra conservative Islamists, the Salafis are now entering the political scene in Egypt and say they want nothing less than Sharia law across Egypt. They control 4,000 mosques (Reuters)
--With Egypt’s control over the Sinai dwindling, the Bedouins are disrupting and abusing the 1200 man American peace keeping force and its thought the they are losing patience swiftly! (Ynet)
--2 Egyptian soldiers were killed by Bedouin smugglers on the Israeli border on Nov 23 (Ynet)
--A writer points out that Egypt is perceived as unsafe, overcome by despair, and dangerous (Ynet)
--At an anti-Israel protest in Cairo on Nov 25, thousands vowed to kill all Jews and chanted ‘Tel Aviv, judgment day has come’.(YNet)
--For the 8 th time this year terrorists blew up the gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan (Reuters)
--On election day Monday Nov 28 Islamic Salafi men who advocate the Saudi –style hard line interpretation of Islam, packed the polling booths (AP)
--As a result of violence and unrest, Egypt’s For. currency reserves have dropped $14 (Bill) to $22 (Bill) (Ha'aretz)
--In the Egyptian elections, it seems the Moslem B/hood has gained about 40% of the votes and the Salafists, who hate everyone who is not Salafist, at least 20 % But the M Brotherhood only would control 44 of the 498 seats with the army still in a strong position! (Emet)
--A report on Dec 2 says that after elections Egypt will avoid USA and seek closer relations with Iran. (D Alert)
--The M. Brotherhood state they will not change the face of Egypt into an Islamic State. “We respect all people in their choice of religion and life” !!!! The Salafis say they will not ally with the M B/hood(AP)
--With Coptic ‘Christians’ fleeing the country, the army is adamant they will control the process of writing any new constitution!! (J Post)
--Jewish births increase. In 2010, 107,207 Jewish babies were born compared with 30,341 Moslems (Ynet)
USA:
--USA officials are playing down any sanctions on Iran’s central bank, saying it would hurt the US economy and drive up oil prices (Wall St Journal)
--Billions of dollars worth of US weapons are to flood the Middle East in a bid to counter Iran (Wall St Journal)
--A recent poll shows that 73 % of Americans say that Israel can be counted on as a strong, loyal US ally ( Alert)
--Boeing has delivered the first batch of 30,000 pound bunker-busting bombs to the US air force. They are 5 tons heavier than previous types and 10 times greater in explosive power (L A Times)
--On Dec 1 the US Senate voted 100-1 to adopt economic sanctions against Iran’s central bank (Wall St Journ)
TURKEY:
--On Nov 10 another earthquake measuring 5.7 hit the same area as the last one, in eastern Turkey (Meid)
--A report says that Turkey opposes Assad in Syria because it wants a fellow Islamist gov in Syria (J Post)
--On Nov 23 Turkey again complained that Israel is illegally exploiting gas fields in the Medit. Sea (Meid)
--7 of Turkey’s Heron UAVs previously sent to Israel for servicing have been returned to Turkey and Israeli tech staff are in Turkey to service 3 others (D Alert)
IRAN:
--An Iranian official warns Israel against military action against its military sites claiming, we will witness Israel being wiped off the map” (Wall St Journal)
--An Iranian commentator claims 4 Iranian bombs would destroy Israel and cause over a million casualties (Emet)
--Top Republican Guard officer Moghadam, was killed when a massive explosion destroyed a large missile testing site west of Teheran on Nov 13 . Many ‘expert’ technicians were killed (J Post)
--Western intell sources insist that Israel was behind the blast even tho Iran denies it. But it is rumoured that the devastation was to coincide with a visit by Supreme leader Ali Khamenei !!! (Time)
--There have been at least 17 gas pipeline explosions in Iran in the last 12 months, 4 simultaneously, plus nearly a dozen refinery explosions (Wash Post)
--Iran admits some of its defence computers have been ‘infected’ with Duqu super-virus, similar to the previous Stuxnet one which caused so much havoc (Tele UK)
--A report claims Iran is using billions of dollars of drug money sales to build their crime and terror networks (Ynet)
--New sanctions against Iran were announced On Nov 21 affecting Iran’s oil and banking systems (Wash Post)
--On Nov 28 Iran threatened to target NATO missile installations in Turkey and Israel’s nuclear installations, if attacked (AP)
--On Nov 28 a violent explosion rocked a town near Isfahan, where nuclear facilities are located (Tele-UK)
--A report on Nov 30 claims Iran is developing a low flying Cruise missile capable of carrying a nuclear head. In 2012 Israel hopes to deploy the David’s Sling missile defence system to counter such incoming missiles and others (J Post)
--2 Kassam rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel on Nov 15 (Ha'aretz)
--Groups of Pal terrorists from Gaza have undergone extensive military training in Iran to operate sophisticated anti tank missiles (J Post)
--A report says that Israel has ‘exposed ‘ 2 West Bank terrorist cells planning attacks in the Bethlehem area (D Alert)
--A report on Dec 2 claims Al Qaeda has kidnapped a 70 year old American aid worker and is making wide ranging demands for his release. (N.York Times)
--Saudi Arabia aims to replace USA as the key power in the Middle east and is planning to double its armed forces (Wash Post)
--Saudi Arabia is considering nuclear weapons even as it plans to build 16 nuclear reactors in the next 20 years (Gulf Daily)
--6 or more CIA informants have been identified and captured by Hizbullah this year (Wash Post)
--A huge explosion occurred in a Hizbullah arms storage area near Tyre on Nov 22 (J Post)
--On Nov 28 4 Katyushas were fired from Lebanon into Israel. Israel immediately shelled the source area (J Post)
JORDAN:
--Its starting to look likely that Hamas HQ may shift from Libya to Jordan if Assad falls (Meid)
--Violence is on the increase in Amman and other towns, driven by poverty & unemployment (D Alert)
--Jordan’s King Abdullah is speaking of Israel’s ‘expiry date’, unaware that the Hebrew Bible speaks of Jordan’s expiry date (Isaiah 11:14) (Arutz)
--Jordan’s new PM Khasawneh is attempting to get the Moslem Brotherhood into a gov. coalition (D Alert)
BRITAIN:
--On Nov 30 Iranian protesters broke into the UK Embassy in Teheran, chanting ‘death to England’ just days after the British Ambassador was expelled (BBC)
--A writer speaks of Hizbullah preparing for the third Lebanon war, with many arms depots hidden in S Lebanon, where every now and then one mysteriously blows up (Ynet)
--Hizbullah’s ‘careful’ leader emerged from his secret bunker long enough to claim Israel wants to destroy the al-Aqsa mosque. He didn’t say why! (D Alert)
EU UN:
--A J Post writer, R Lancman, says that the one sided focus against Israel at the UN, deserves to be called what it is, blatant anti- Israel (D Alert)
--On Nov 28 the EU agreed to impose increased sanctions on Syria and is considering an oil ban (D Alert)
--A report on Dec 6 says that the EU may cut off Iran’s financial system from the west (Die WEelt)
--On Nov 23 Russian Pres Medvedev said he has ordered Russia’s armed forces to develop measures to destroy if necessary, the command and control systems of the planned US missile defence system in Europe (Emet)
--A report says that the 2 Russian ships off Syria carry technical advisers who will help Syria set up the array of S-300 missiles they recently received (Al Quds-Al Arabi)
--A report on Dec 2 says that Russia has delivered its Yakhont supersonic anti-ship cruise missile system to Syria to protect Syria’s coast from attack.(AFP)
WORLD NEWS:
--A report in Dec says that USA looks on a bit nervously as the Argentine reaches out to Iran (Reuters) In Dec Australia slapped sanctions on Aussie ‘entities; refusing to allow them to do ‘business’ with Iran’s petroleum or financial sectors (D Alert)
--The head of the Orthodox Cyprus Church has signed an accord with a Rabbi refuting the claim Jews were responsible for Jesus’ death(D Alert)
--Reuters newspaper in being accused of Pal leanings (PRWeb)
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ISRAEL:
-- Israel has increased its military presence in the sea off Cyprus, with fighter jets & warships patrolling near the Nobel offshore drilling rig, an obvious warning to Turkey ((D Alert)
-- Israelis were warned to stay away from the Sinai during Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), fearing terror attacks (Ha'aretz)
-- Israel has agreed to release more than 1,000 Pal prisoners in order to get back the Hamas imprisoned Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit (For Aff Min)
-- Gilad Shalit returned home from 5 years and 4 months Hamas captivity on Oct 18. Some of the 1070 Pal prisoners released went to Egypt and the West Bank (Debka)
-- A poll found that 79 % of Israelis agreed with the terms of the prisoner swap/release (J Post)
-- A report shows that at least 6300 Pal prisoners have been released by Israel in various prisoner swaps since 1983 (D Alert)
-- Israeli Police have closed down 2 offices in E Jerusalem used by Hamas and the Pop.. Front for the Lib. Of Palestine(AFP)
-- It has been pointed out that whilst the Iron Dome anti-missile missiles are expensive, they would often be a lot cheaper than the damage a Hamas or Hizbullah rocket could cause in Israel(GPL)
-- On Oct 26 a large amount of Israeli aid arrived in Turkey. As well, several hundred containers of aid will soon go be sea (Ynet)
-- A US request for Israel to initiate a new freeze on building in the West Bank has been refused by Israeli officials (Army Radio)
-- An Israeli man in Ashdod, injured during the recent rocket attacks from Gaza has died (J Post)
-- Mr Binyamin Netanyahu is soaring in the polls following his successes at the UN Gen. Assy. and in bringing home Gilad Shalit and Ilan Grapel. (J Post)
-- On Oct 30 the IAF attacked a cell in Gaza as they prepared to fire another rocket at Israel. One militant was killed. Ha’aretz reports that dozens of rockets have been fired in recent days, 20 of them on Sat Oct 29 and 11 on Sunday. Mr Netanyahu has stated an Israeli maxim ‘Kill or be killed’ At least 9 Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed by Israeli air strikes responding to rocket attacks (Ha'aretz)
-- Israel is pressing ahead with its Magic Wand ant-missile system to counter long and mid range enemy missiles (Debka)
-- The IDF has developed a bed that can be transformed into a shelter from rocket fire and a closet that can be converted into a ‘safe room’ (IDF)
-- An Air Strike on Oct 29 killed Islamic Jihad ‘commander’ Khalil & 4 of his munitions experts in Gaza (Reuters)
-- On Oct 29 Israel’s UN Ambass asked the UN to censure rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza (D Alert)
-- The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted grad missiles approaching Beer Sheba on Oct 31(J Post)
-- Israel is worried that in 2012 Turkey will have high definition pictures available from a satellite being created for them by France (D Alert)
-- Two of 7 rockets fired at Israel on Oct 31 were destroyed by Iron Dome. The others exploded in open areas (Ha'aretz)
-- Israel has signed a deal with an Italian company to build an off-shore gas terminal 10 Klms off the coast to be operating by the end of 2012 (Reuters)
-- In Oct Israel successfully tested its upgraded Jericho missile which could carry a nuclear war head to Iran! (AP)
-- Israel is to build 1,927 units in E Jerusalem’s Jewish areas (J Post)
-- Israel has frozen the $2 (mill) it gives to UNESCO annually (CNN)
-- On Nov 3 Israel held a ‘drill’ simulating a rocket attack on central Israel (Ha'aretz)
-- Israel continues to signal to the major powers they either stop the Iran ‘bomb’ or we will be forced to attack. (Ynet)
-- Isr ael’s missile expert Uzi Rubin says, “ a missile salvo from Iran will be intercepted in the air by Arrow missiles” (Ynet)
-- A open microphone at the recent G 20 Summit , caught the French Pres calling Mr Netanyahu a liar & the US Pres Obama .seemingly agreeing! (Meid)
USA:
-- Mrs Clinton has ‘pressed’ Turkish officials to back off on their threats to send warships to areas around Cyprus pointing out that its against US interests (Wall St Journal)
-- On Oct 13 Mrs Clinton told the Pals their push for UN membership is going no where and they need to get back to negotiations with Israel (Reuters)
-- The US has recently disrupted an Iran backed plan to murder the Saudi Arabian Ambass to the USA and possibly over 100 bystanders (LA Times)
-- A report on Oct 24 shows that any and all US financing would be cut off to any UN agency that accepts the Pals as a full member. On Oct 31 USA cut their funding (about $70 (mill) to UNESCO (N.York Times)
-- Following intimidation within Syria of the US Ambass. Ford, he has been ‘pulled out’ as fears for his safety mounted (AP American/Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel has been released by Egypt following a prisoner release of 25 Egyptians in Israeli gaols (Meid)
-- 36 members of Congress request Mrs Clinton that USA treat the recently released Pal prisoners as terrorists and list them on a data base to ensure they are kept out of the USA (Politico)
-- A senior US military official claims Iran is the biggest threat to USA and its allies, surpassing Al Qaeda (Reuters)
-- A report on Nov 7 says that USA killed a sanctions move against Iran’s central bank, claiming it would disrupt intern’l oil markets and further damage the US and world economies (L.A.Times)
-- USA has ‘unblocked’ $200 (Mill) in economic aid to the Pals (AP)
EU UN:
-- A trip to Iran planned by several members of the EU Parliament has been cancelled as a result of pressure from ‘fellow Parliamentarians & Iranian dissidents (Meid)
IRAN:
-- A UN report claims there have been at least 346 executions in Iran so far in 2011 and 100 people remain on ‘death row’ (D Alert)
-- A report on Oct 24 reveals that 162 of Iran’s political opponents around the world have been killed since 1979 (D Alert)
SYRIA:
-- Oil production in Syria plummets as Gov orders further production cuts due to sanctions (UP)
-- Its noted that moral and financial support is flowing to Syria from Iraq (D Alert)
-- US and Turkish officials predict Pres Assad will fall in 6-18 months as the Syrian economy buckles under sanctions and internal protesters (N.York Times)
-- In 2 Syrian cities more than 10,000 people have disappeared in recent Gov crackdowns! (Wash Times)
-- A recent report says that the Alawite faith of the Syrian ruler bears little resemblance to Islamic doctrines and a common theme is fear of the Sunnis (Al Jazeera)
-- Defections from the Syrian Army continue, particularly among Sunni conscripts (D Alert)
-- A report on Oct 28 says that Syria has mined it borders with Turkey and Jordan to cut down the inflow of weapons and the outflow of deserters (Debka)
-- The ‘known death toll in Syria is approaching the 4,000 mark with many missing (N Y Times)
PA HAMAS:
-- Tawfik Tirawi, senior PA official said on Oct 9 that US is the No 1 enemy of the PA because it supports Israel’s ‘oppression’ (J Post)
-- Large numbers of Pals gathered in the West Bank to celebrate the impending release of the Pal prisoners, chanting,”The people want a NEW Shalit. The PA Chairman Abbas called the released prisoners FREEDOM FIGHTERS!! (J Post)
-- A writer asks WHY do the Pals celebrate murders and murderers, for those released shared the blame for the murder of at least 588 Israelis? Hamas will pay each released murderer $2,000-00 and the PA will pay an amount to be revealed later (Commentator)
-- On Oct 14, 30,000 Arab Israelis rallied vowing to redeem the Al Aqsa Mosque with blood (Ynet)
-- The Arabs realise they were humiliated by the lack of worth of Pal terrorists when over 1,000 were exchanged FOR 1 ISRAELI!! (Ynet)
-- A report on Oct 26 quotes Hamas leader Al-Zahar as saying “You (Israel) are headed for annihilation (Front Page Mag)
-- Hamas has smuggled into the Gaza Strip large quantities of Russian ant-aircraft missiles looted from depots in Libya (Ha'aretz)
-- The PA says it will not return to negotiations with Israel unless Israel stops all building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and recognises the 1967 borders as those of a future the Pal State! (Ha'aretz)
-- The Israeli Iron Dome system is causing the Pals to realise Israel’s response to rockets does heaps more damage in Gaza than their rockets in Israel!! (D Alert)
-- Rumours of the possible resignation of the PA’s Chairman Abbas and the possible dissolution of the PA are being ‘floated’in an attempt to extract more concessions from Israel (Meid)
-- On Oct 31 Mr Abbas conceded that the Arabs made a mistake in 1947 in rejecting the UN ‘Partition Plan’ of 2 states for 2 people (J Post)
-- A vote in UNESCO on Oct 31 made ‘Palestine’ a full member, which risks Israel withholding all taxes collected for the PA & USA will withhold $80 (Mill) in funding for UNESCO. (Meid)
-- The PA is now looking to join another 16 UN agencies (AP)
-- A poll shows 42 % of Jerusalem Pals would prefer to live in Israel than in a Pal state (D Alert)
TURKEY:
-- Turkey announced on Oct 14 it would not allow the transit of any Israeli gas through Turkey to Europe (D Alert)
-- A 7.3 earthquake hit south eastern Turkey on Oct 23 followed by several aftershocks. Up to 1,000 people may have been killed (Star)
-- Turkey’s Lira has fallen by a quarter and their Stock market seems to have retreated by 40 % in dollar terms in the last year, as the economy nosedives following their cutting ties with Israel!! (Asia Times Hong Kong)
-- Turkey changed its mind on Oct 25 and asked Israel for mobile housing units to help in their earthquake problem (Ynet)
-- Turkey, once Syria;s closest ally, is now sheltering members of the FREE SYRIAN ARMY opposing Assad (N.York Times A report on Oct 28 reveals that Turkey has concluded its recently launched offensive against Kurdish bases in north Iraq, during which many Turkish troops and Kurd fighters died (Meid)
-- A female suicide bomber killed 3 people, in the s. east Turkish town of Bingol on Oct 29 (J Post)
RUSSIA:
-- On Oct 25 Russia announced it would send mobile ‘jamming’ systems to Iran to help thwart any air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities (Ria Novosti)
JORDAN:
-- On Oct 7 ex pollies and the Moslem B/hood joined 5000 people protesting against Gov slow and bogus reform processes (Jordan Times)
-- A report claims that Iran is about to make Jordan a new centre of influence if Syria disintegrates. About a million Iraqis have fled to Jordan and most of them are Shiites (J Post)
-- There are signs emerging to indicate that Jordan is moving towards reconciliation with Hamas!! (Meid)
EGYPT:
-- Many people have been killed in clashes in Cairo as a result of Moslems burning Coptic Churches (L A Times)
-- On Oct 9 the military opened fire on thousands of Christians (Copts) protesting in Cairo and deliberately drove armoured vehicles thro the crowds (Hudson Instit)
Egyptian war planes are patrolling the Sinai without the consent of Israel (AFP)
-- A recent poll shows that 62 % of Egyptians would like to see the Peace Treaty with Israel continue but with amendments to enhance Egyptian security(Al-Ahran)
-- Egypt’s supply of gas to Israel has once again continued. Egypt supplies 43 % of Israel’s natural gas (AFP)
-- Egypt’s For. Exchange reserves have fallen from $35 (Bill)
-- in Jan . to $19.4 (Bill) in Oct (Asia Times)
-- In the last year Egypt spent $5.5 (Bill) on subsidies for its people, inc. helping them buy bread at less than one cent a loaf (J Post)
-- 73 Egyptians involved in the recent attack on the Israeli Embassy were only given ‘suspended sentences’ (AFP)
-- A report claims the military seeks to stay in power behind the scenes after the next election (L A Times)
TERRORISM:
-- 40 fires blazed across the Western Galilee, on Oct 21 and 22 with arson suspected in some (Ha'aretz). The PA has announced it will be paying each recently released Pal murderer $2,000-00 plus a separate honorium, out of millions of US dollars paid by US taxpayers!! (D Alert)
-- About 60 recently released Pal prisoners, many who were serving life sentences for murdering innocent civilians, are being pampered in the new Gaza luxury Al-Mashtal Hotel, paid for by Hamas (Wash Post)
-- On Oct 26 the Pals fired 3 rockets into Israel and a roadside bomb struck an IDF patrol. Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza targets which apparently killed 2 Islamic Jihad members (J Post)
-- A Ynet news story claims Islamic Jihad in Gaza has more rockets than Hamas plus 10,000 supporters and collaborators and thousands of activists and it is becoming a threat to Hamas (Ynet)
-- Two ‘flotilla’ ships sailing to Gaza were intercepted by Israel and diverted to Ashdod (Ynet)
-- 3 Pals were killed in a shoot-out in the western Negev, & 2 others north of Gaza on Nov 3 (Meid)
LEBANON:
-- Hizbullah flags are being burned in Syria as its prestige falls (D Alert)
-- Hizbullah claims that in the next conflict with Israel it will open with firing 4,000 rockets, and, 5,000 fighters will take over 3 northern Israeli towns! (D Alert)
SAUDI ARABIA:
-- A writer says that the division between Iran and Saudi Arabia down to whose Islam is the true faith, Shiism or Sunnism (Wash Post)
-- Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz has died in N York. Dep. PM Nayel bin Abdulaziz now becomes next in line as heir to the Saudi throne despite his total unpopularity (N York Times)
-- A Saudi cleric is offering $100,000-00 for any Arab anywhere to kidnap an Israeli soldier! (Ynet)
-- A Saudi Prince is offering to make it a Million Dollars (Reuters) (But who will offer a million dollars to kidnap the Prince?)
WORLD NEWS:
-- The Moslem Brotherhood ‘chief’, Goma Amin in Egypt, made a first time visit to Gaza to congratulate Hamas on the recent prisoner release swap ‘victory’ against Israel. This signals a change in the Egyptian attitude toward the PA. (Reuters)
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ISRAEL:
--Israel is deploying Drone aircraft along its border with Egypt to detect terrorist activity (AP)
--Barry Rubin of the J Post forecasts 20-40 years of Arab-Islam fighting over who will run ‘each country’ (J Post)
--Turkish PM Erdogan says that Turkish warships are authorised to protect ships carrying aid to Gaza and he vows to stop Israel exploiting natural resources in the Medt. Sea (Reuters)
--An Israeli official claimed on Sept 8 Israel is not ready for the next war in which the home front will become the battlefield (IDF)
--Security Chief Vaknin told the J Post on Sept 8 that Pals trying to force their way into settlements during the projected protests of Sept 20, WILL BE SHOT (Meid)
--The building of Israel’s border (with Egypt) fence has been speeded up to finish Sept 2012 (Prss Office)
--Israel is monitoring the border with Egypt with UAVs and troops, to stop infiltrations of terrorists and illegals (Meid)
--Mr Netanyahu addressed the UN Gen Assby on Sept 21, ahead of the PA bid for ‘statehood’ (Ynet)
--A poll of Israelis showed that 64 % said that Israel did not make a mistake in refusing to apologise to Turkey (IMRA)
--In the week before Sept 21, Israel raised its alert level to its highest point to prepare for Arab violence (J Post)
--Israel and Greece have placed their air and sea forces in a state of readiness in case Turkey moves against Cyprus. Russia has moved 2 nuclear subs to patrol Cypriot waters to guarantee Cypriot safety when it defied Turk threats and started drilling for gas on Sept 19 (Debka)
--Israel has the new Heron T P, UAV that could fly to Iran with a 1,000 pound payload. It has a wingspan of 26 metres (J Post)
--Herb Keinon writing in the J Post quotes Mr Netanyahu as saying Israel-US co-operation in the past 4 months has been better than at any time since Pres Obama came to power in Jan 2009. (J Post)
--With Hamas smuggling tunnels in mind, IDF is practising underground warfare (IDF)
--A German group claims to have found fre shwater springs in the Dead Sea (J Post)
--Israel’s economy is expected to expand 4.8 % this year far better than most other countries It ranks 4 th among 24 other nations (Bloomberg)
--Israel has joined the exclusive countries club of nations able to launch satellites into space (J Post)
--New immigrants to Israel to Sept total over 21,000 surpassing last years total (Meid)
--A new Israeli news service like Al-Jazeera opened on Sept 21, financed by 2 wealthy Ukrainian Jews (Meid)
--Mr Netanyahu says the PA wants a recognised State so they can better continue the conflict with Israel rather than END it (NBC)
--On New Year 5772, Israel’s population stands at 7,797,400, inc 5,874,300 Jews and 1,600,100 Arabs (Ha'aretz)
--The Knesset Land of Israel caucus has asked Mr Netanyahu to consider annexing the West Bank and to sanction the PA. As well an ‘annexation bill’ will probably come before the Knesset next month (Reuters)
--In response to demands from Mr Abbas that Israel cease construction in settlements, Mr Netanyahu says, “We plan in Jerusalem, we build in Jerusalem!” (Meid)
--Israel is forced to spend $2.67 (Mill) a day due to Egyptian gas stoppage. Egypt is to sharply increase the price (Globes)
--A new Israeli spy satellite will double the resolution of received images, whilst keeping an eye on Iran’s nuclear program sites and weapons shipments (AFP)
--11 Bibles, some up to 1,000 years old, have been secretly moved from Damascus to Israel via New York (Ynet)
--Israel closed off all access to and from Judea and Samaria on Friday Oct 7 until the end of Sat. Oct 8, the end of Yom Kippur (the Day of At onement) (IDF)
--Jews and Arabs clashed on the West Bank on Oct 6, with the PA complaining the Israeli gov. is too busy Judaizing Jerusalem to care about ‘attacks on Pals’ (Meid)
--Israel’s opposition leader Tzipi Livni visited England without being arrested as the ‘universal jurisdiction’ law in England has been annulled! (Ha'aretz)
--A student in northern Israel has been arrested for his suspected complicity in the desecration of a Mosque on Oct 2 (Meid)
EGYPT:
--Protesters attacked the Israeli Embassy on Sept 9 and forced the evacuation of the Ambassador and guards. US intervention forced Egypt security agents to act against the protesters. They arrested 111 people (Wash Post)
--As well as the Israeli Embassy, the Saudi Embassy was stormed by a mob a week ago.(Sky)
--A commentator writing recently commented that US influence in Egypt, after $3.5 (Bill) in military assistance, seems very unclear and praps ‘non est’ (Weekly Standard)
--A report on Sept 18 says that many of the rioters who stormed the Cairo Israel Embassy were paid up to $1850-00 each by a wealthy Egyptian ‘tycoon’ (J Post)
--4 diplomats returned to the Israeli Embassy in Cairo on Sept 19, but the Ambassador’s return has been postponed indefinitely (N.Y. Times)
--Egypt’s Gov has refused permission for the al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya terrorist group to form a political party participate in the upcoming elections (AP)
--On Sept 25 Egypt’s For. Min. said Egypt will respect its peace treaty with Israel ((AP)
--A report claims 93,000 Coptic ‘Christians’ have left Egypt since March because of Islamic pressure unrestrained by the Gov. (D Alert)
--In the 1940’s the 80,000 Jews in Cairo became part of the 800,000 Jewish refugees banished by Moslem govs. (D Alert)
--Since the revolution in Egypt, 120 new Saudi companies have been established in Egypt, bringing with them the rabid Wahhabism version of Islam (Hudson Inst. N.Y.)
USA:
--A top US official has again confirmed that USA will veto any resolution in the UN Sec.Council aiming to recognise a Pal state (Ha'aretz)
--USA is warning the Pals they will lose all US aid if they seek UN support for a Pal state (AFP)
--The State Dept’s latest report on religious freedom is several countries, also shows a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic actions and accusations “ on every continent in the last year”. (Reuters)
--14 key US Senators urged Pres Obama to speak up for Israel in the UN Gen. Assby on Sept 21, which he did, mightily offending the PA and others! (MSN)
--Pres Obama has secretly authorised the sale of 55 ‘bunker-buster’ bombs to Israel. This revelation is a potent warning to Iran (Newsweek)
--US Finance Min reports that USA will not cut aid to Israel despite cuts to the budget (J Post)
--US’s Mrs Clinton is condemning Israel’s plans to build 1,100 apartments in Gilo, East Jerusalem (J Post)
--USA and Israel are to soon carry out the largest military exercise together ever, ‘Austere Challenge’, followed soon after by the annual Juniper Cobra exercise (IDF)
--USA has blocked nearly $200 (mill) in aid to the Pals in response to their bid for statehood (Ha'aretz)
--On Oct 2 US Def, Scty Panetta claimed Israel is becoming more and more isolated but confirmed the US promise to maintain Israel’s qualitative ‘edge’ (Reuters)
--The US has frozen tens of millions of dollars aid to the PA . USAID said the aid was put on hold for lack of funding!! (AP)
--Early Oct Mrs Clinton warned that any American action recognising Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel must be avoided! (N.York Sun)
--US Secty of Def. Panetta, visiting Israel, says there is a continuing US commitment to the security of Israel (D Alert)
JORDAN:
--All staff at the Israeli Jordan Embassy left the country after Facebook activity suggested activity against the Embassy (J Post)
TURKEY:
On Sept 12 PM Erdogan made the ridiculous statement that the Israel’s attack on the flotilla last year was a ‘cause for war’ (AP)
--An Israeli official says that Turkish PM Erdogan sees himself as the new Sultan of the Middle East (AFP)
--The Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood warned Erdogan his country should not try to dominate the Middle East!` (Reuters)
--Turkey’s UAVs are out of service Out of Turkey’s 10 drones they bought from Israel, 5 are in Israel for repairs and 5 can’t ‘ be used because Turkey sent their Israeli engineers ‘packing’ (D Alert)
--A commentator recently wrote that many Arab countries have not forgotten Ottomam rule, which is blamed for the backwardness of the Arab world (Ha'aretz)
--Turkish charter airlines have suspended flights to and from Israel as there are NO takers!! (Ha'aretz)
--On Sept 15 Turkey ‘warned’ Cyprus against offshore drilling for gas off its south coast (D Alert)
--A report on Sept 21 says the reason for Turkey’s objection to Cyprus drilling is that Turkey wants to be the gateway for all new gas going to EU markets (Wall St J)
--A report on Sept 19 said that Turkish warplanes and fighters kept watch on the gas drilling rig as it moved from a field offshore Israel to Cyprus’s Aphrodite field (Debka)
--Turkey has moved to block a move by Israel to open an office at NATO HQ (D Alert)
--Turkey claimed to have learned the names of 148 Israel soldiers involved in the killing of 9 Turkish activists on the flotilla boat Mavi Marmara, last year, but this claim turned out to be a lie (Bloomberg)
--On Sept 21 when PM Erdogan addressed the UN Gen. Assy, most Arab leaders ignored him and left (D Alert)
--PM Erdogan recently made the outrageous claim during an interview with CNN, that Israel had recently killed hundreds of thousands of Pals for the loss of only 200 Israelis.(CNN)
--Turkey, after a century of looking toward Europe, now challenges Israel, Arab states and Iran( Michael Young)
--In spite of International pressure, inc the presence of Russian submarines, Turkey is insisting on its right to explore for oil off the north coast of Cyprus, which it has illegally occupied since 1974. (Meid)
PA HAMAS:
On Sept 9 PA snipers fired 10 shots at an Israeli town damaging houses (Ynet)
--The PA launched its bid for UN recognition by handing UN chief Ban Ki-Moon a letter in Ramallah on Sept 7 (Meid)
--On Sept 12 Fatah called for mass marches and a ‘state of general alarm’ on Sept 21 (J Post)
--The Abbas ‘Pal State’ move is not generating much enthusiasm in Gaza, where Hamas sees it as ‘an exercise in futility’ (Reuters)
--PLO Ambass to USA says there will not be any Jews in a Pal state. (USA Today)
--(NOTE Jewish prophet Obadiah (V.18)
--says there will not be any Arabs in a future Israel State)
--On Sept 23 Mr Abbas formally requested full UN membership for his as yet undefined country. He may get only 6 of the 9 votes needed and thus save USA using its veto (N. York Times)
--A picture of an Israeli soldier with his foot on a Pal girl turned out to be another Pal lie (D Alert)
--Fatah’s Abbas Zaki speaking to Al-Jazeera on Sept 23, confirmed Fatah wants to wipe out Israel (Memri)
--Mr Abbas in the Gen. Assy, with a flourish of Arab rhetoric says the Jews have no connection to the Land of Israel. The Arabs nations present gave a standing ovation! (D Alert)
--The PA Ambass to Brazil boldly asserted to University students on Sept 30, “Israel must disappear”, agreeing with Iran’s Ahmadinejad and the Hamas (D Alert)
--Demonstrators in Ramallah harangued US diplomats on Oct 4, holding up signs saying, “We don’t want US money” (AFP)
RUSSIA:
--Russia is sending 2 nuclear powered subs to patrol around Cyprus warning Turkey to stay away!!(Cyprus News)
--Russia has again backed the right of Cyprus to develop its Medit. gas field (D Alert)
--Vladimir Putin will run for President in 2012 elections! (J Post)
BRITAIN:
--Britain’s Trade Union Congress (TUC)
--has again voted on its boycotts of Israel and will strengthen its ties with the Pal Solidarity Campaign (Meid)
TERRORISM:
--5 Israeli Arabs, part of the Salafi Islamic movement, were arrested on Sept 15, for planning terror attacks against Israeli citizens (D Mail UK)
--One of the Pal men sentenced for the ‘Fogel Five” murders says.”I’m PROUD of what I did, I’d do it again” (Meid)
--Two Pals have been arrested for their part in stoning an Israeli car which crashed causing the deaths of 2 Israelis (Meid)
LIBYA:
--A New York Times writer sees an increasing strong Islamic control developing in Libya with over-tones of Al Qaeda (N York Times)
SYRIA:
--On Sept 7 Syrian forces killed at least 20 civilians in Homs. A resident said the firepower is like rain! (L A Times)
--On Sept 7 Pres Assad declared a state of war against his people who he calls terrorists! (J Post)
--Because of an EU embargo, not a single cargo of oil has left Syria’s oil ports in Sept. (AP)
--In early Oct. Syrian troops detained over 3000 civilians, whilst continuing to slaughter protesters. Its estimated that at least 2,900 have been killed but there are many more missing (AP)
--Syria has threatened that, if attacked it will set fire to the Middle East in 3 hours, with Iran also attacking US warships in the Persian Gulf (Fars-Iran)
--Syria’s Assad has threatened to bomb Jordan’s towns if it joins Israel or Turkey in maneuvers near the Syrian border (Debka)
EU UN:
--The UN has confirmed its support of the Durban 3 ‘anti-racism’ declaration implementation (Weekly Std’d)
--UN diplomats say that Moslem and Arab countries are intimidating some countries into supporting the PA statehood claim (Ha'aretz)
IRAN:
--China is slowing down investments in Iran to cut the risk of US sanctions affecting them (Reuters)
--Iran has warned Turkey against allowing the installation of NATO’s Def. System which will counter missile threats from Iran! (AP)
--A report out of Iran speaks of spiralling unemployment, economic depression, skyrocketing crime, increased drug use and political paralysis, with any and most opposition leaders gaoled (UP)
--On Sept 27 Iran’s Naval Commander claimed Iran will deploy naval vessels off the US Atlantic coast (Teheran Times)
--An embezzlement scandal in Iran sees $3 (Bill) missing and M Khavari, the MD of Bank Melli has fled to safety in Canada (M Rubin)
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