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08/04/11

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* US invites PA leaders to Washington in bid to avoid UN plan The US Administration has invited PA officials to Washington for talks on ways of avoiding the statehood bid.

* IAF Generals ‘Loudly’ Demanding Strike on Iran The commanders of the IDF, especially those in the Air Force, are making “increasingly loud” demands to strike Iran’s nuclear program.

* Gaza Terrorists In Large Scale Training Terrorists are using the period of relative quiet on the Gaza-Israel border for large scale training exercises.

* Global stock markets slump on eurozone debt fears New York’s Dow Jones index was trading more than 3% down, while Frankfurt’s Dax and London’s FTSE 100 indexes closed almost 3.5% lower.

* Syrian siege of Hama raises humanitarian concerns Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama.

* Knesset Approves ‘Anti-Terror Law’ The Knesset approved in the first reading Wednesday a government-sponsored law that would organize and reframe the legal means for fighting terrorist organizations.

* UN Condemns Syria as Violence Rages On The UN Security Council condemned on Wednesday the Syrian government for its deadly crackdown on anti-regime protesters.

* Barroso raises alarm about severity of euro crisis European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has indicated that bond market developments on Italy and Spain threaten the very survival of the euro.

* With Syria in tailspin, Lebanon said under control of Iran, Hizbullah The Lebanese government, amid the decline of its Syrian mentor, has lost control over much of the country.

* How Communist China deploys its massive population as a strategic asset But today a correction is clearly needed to this formula.

08/03/11

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* China Joins Russia in Blasting U.S. Borrowing After Debt Ceiling Agreement China, the largest foreign investor in U.S. government securities, joined Russia in criticizing American policy makers for failing to ensure borrowing is reined in after a stopgap deal to raise the nation’s debt limit.

* Europe on Brink of ‘Major Financial Collapse’: Guggenheim CIO Europe is a “train wreck” and on the “brink of a major financial crisis.”

* The Lie of the Arab ‘Calm’ “Calm” is a favorite word of mainstream media to describe “quiet” from Arab terror.

* Barroso: EU moving too slow on debt crisis European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso has urged EU countries to speed up ratification of the bloc’s new-model bailout mechanism.

* State actor seen behind “enormous” wave of cyber attacks Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date.

* Reverse coup: Turkey’s Erdogan re-creates General Staff in his own image Turkey’s Islamist government has launched a program to reshape the military that has been strictly secular.

* NATO officials: Chances of victory over Gadhafi thwarted by assassination of rebel leader NATO’s confidence in Libya’s rebel movement has plummeted in wake of the assassination of its military commander by his own men.

* Expert: Another Arab State is a Hoax Dr. Yosef Mazor, who recently finished writing his book entitled “Zionism, Post-Zionism and the Arab Problem,” believes that Israel is not responsible for the existence of any Arab problems.

* Arabs Less Supportive of Iran After a few years of supporting Iran for its defiant stance towards Washington, Arabs today have a different position and are less supportive of Tehran.

* Regional Dead Sea preservation policy may not tackle area’s larger issues After many delays, the National Planning and Building Council finally approved a policy for the Dead Sea region.

08/02/11

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* Palestinian Authority police taking to the air The idea of turning to the police to hear the news, catch some of the latest tunes and vent some frustration to a talk show host seems a bit odd.

* Putin says U.S. is “parasite” on global economy Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accused the United States Monday of living beyond its means “like a parasite” on the global economy.

* Iran issues tough warning to Turkey on Syria Iran, stressing its strategic interests, has warned Turkey to end intervention in Syria.

* Netanyahu Concedes to Obama – if Abbas Drops UN Ploy The Netanyahu government has confirmed it will accept renewed talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

* Syria forces in Hama push as crackdown continues Syrian forces are pushing towards the centre of the city of Hama as they continue an offensive in which scores of people have died.

* ‘Extremist right-wing activists’ banned from West Bank In a joint police and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) operation, 12 right-wing activists residing in Yitzhar received administrative restraining orders.

* Der Spiegel: Mossad Admits It Killed Nuke Scientist Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency admitted it eliminated a nuclear scientist in Iran last week.

* Arab ‘Arson Intifada’ Threatens Judea and Samaria Palestinian Authority terrorists are reverting to the first Intifada tactic of burning down Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

* Lebanese Bomb Blast Aimed at Nasrallah Last Friday’s bomb blast in Lebanon was aimed at Hizbullah leader Hassam Nasrallah.

* Rights activists, protesters slam violent raid of Tahrir Square Human rights organizations condemned Tuesday the army’s raid on the open sit-in in Tahrir Square on Monday, which left dozens injured and 111 detained.

08/01/11

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* Arab Regimes Fear Ramadan will Be Month of Violence Authorities in Syria fear the nightly prayers during Ramadan will transform every day into Friday.

* EU to toughen sanctions after Syria bloodbath The EU is likely to toughen sanctions against the Syrian regime after some 100 people were reportedly killed in the city of Hama when government tanks stormed in.

* Iraq dusts off F-16s order Even as ground insurgency grows, Baghdad aims to buy 36 aircraft to protect its skies.

* China blames Muslim extremists for attack in Xinjiang China said that Islamic militants had mounted an attack that left 11 people dead in the restive western region of Xinjiang, which announced a crackdown on “illegal” religious activities at the start of the Muslim fasting month.

* Facebook: No Problem With Holocaust Denial Pages Holocaust denial “fan pages” abound on Facebook – and that’s OK with the social networking site’s administrators

* Mullen focuses on Afghanistan-Pakistan border havens The top US military officer has said the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan is still the world’s most dangerous area, calling it the epicentre of terrorism.

* Iraq More Dangerous, Iran Suspect Iraq has grown more dangerous over the past year as Shiite violence soars, US official reveals.

* Palestinians set date for mass demonstrations Palestinian officials say they plan to begin mass marches against Israel’s occupation of the West Bank on September 20, the eve of a largely symbolic UN vote expected to recognize their independence.

* Egypt troops clash with activists in Tahrir Square Egyptian troops clashed Monday with a small group of protesters camping out in Cairo’s Tahrir Square to press demands for faster change and justice for demonstrators killed in the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.

07/30/11

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* Mass protests staged again across Syria Troops fired live ammunition and tear gas at protesters, killing two people and wounding dozens.

* Turkish President Vows No Military Power Vacuum Turkish President Abdullah Gul says the resignation of Turkey’s entire military command Friday will not cause a crisis.

* Ultraconservative Muslims dominate Egypt protest Tens of thousands of ultraconservative Muslims in long beards, robes and prayer caps thronged Cairo’s central Tahrir Square in a massive show of force Friday.

* US review finds Iraq deadlier now than a year ago Frequent bombings, assassinations and a resurgence in violence by Shiite militias have made Iraq more dangerous now than it was just a year ago.

* Hamas leader: Palestinian UN bid a ‘scam’ Hamas has the Gaza Strip firmly under its control.

* The truth about the revolution in Syria A few weeks ago, a party was held in a house that overlooks the “shouting hill” outside the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams.

* Assailants open fire on Egypt gas pipeline to Israel Egypt’s gas pipeline to Israel was attacked Saturday, as witnesses said they heard heavy gunfire at the gas station that was destroyed in an attack earlier this month.

* World Affairs: Arab world asked to give as Africans starve The United Nations has a message for the Arab world: Give more aid to help famine victims in the Horn of Africa.

* Fort Hood ‘plot’ soldier Naser Abdo defiant in court Police arrested Pfc Naser Abdo in the town of Killeen, Texas, on Wednesday near the Fort Hood army base.

* Global Concern Over U.S. Debt Ceiling Disagreement While the debt debacle in Washington preoccupies America, it is causing jitters in power corridors from Beijing to Brussels.

07/29/11

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* Mystery surrounds killing of Libyan rebel army head Libya’s rebel military commander was shot dead in an incident shrouded in mystery.

* ‘Head of Turkish armed forces resigns; reason unclear’ The head of the Turkish armed forces General Isik Kosaner along with the heads of the ground, naval and air forces have resigned.

* Ahmadinejad: Arab Unrest Saving Israel The protests in the Arab world against government tyranny – like that practiced by the governments of Syria and Libya – are not really about securing liberty for the residents of those dictatorships.

* US serviceman held amid ‘plot’ to attack Fort Hood A US soldier who was absent without leave will face federal charges after guns and bomb-making materials were found in his motel room, the FBI says.

* Egypt uprising: Islamists lead Tahrir Square rally Many protesters – dominated by Muslim Brotherhood supporters – are calling for an Islamic state and Sharia law.

* Syrian Kurds hope to ride wave of regional change The uprising against the rule of Bashar Assad in Syria is continuing to grow.

* Jordan’s Islamist opposition vows more protests Members of Jordan’s powerful Islamist opposition have taken an oath to continue peaceful protests.

* EU scrambling for measures against ‘lone wolf’ terrorists An Oslo-type of attack would be hard to prevent in any EU country, since the ‘lone-wolf’ terrorist went to great lengths to avoid being detected.

* Nurse struggles to save starving Somali children Nurse Serat Amin works in the world’s largest refugee camp treating the stream of starving children coming into Kenya from famine-struck Somalia.

* This Week in History: The British Mandate for Palestine On July 24, 1922, the Council of the League of Nations – the predecessor of the United Nations Security Council – gave its blessing to The British Mandate for Palestine.

07/28/11

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* Radical Islamists Trying to Take Over Temple Mount On the 90th anniversary of the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the vast Islamic Caliphate regime which fell in 1921 after WWI, thousands of members of the Radical Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir rallied on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

* PA Elections: Only in Judea and Samaria Palestinian Authority local elections in October will only be held in Judea and Samaria.

* Israel Tests Arrow 3 Defense System Israel has field-tested the Arrow 3 interceptor, its new anti-ballistic, long-range air defense system.

* Russia Plans to Sink the International Space Station in 2020 Russia’s space agency announced Wednesday that the International Space Station — a space base the world’s scientists and billions of U.S. tax dollars helped build and maintain some 200 miles above the surface of the Earth.

* Abdullah ‘Refused to Meet Netanyahu’ Jordan’s King Abdullah II recently turned down a request from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to hold a secret meeting in Akaba.

* Israel PR video irks Arabs An Israeli PR video recently uploaded on the internet is causing a stir in the Arab world.

* Security forces’ September weapons The Defense Ministry has invested more than NIS 75 million (roughly $22 million) in purchasing non-lethal weapons to disperse mass protests.

* Trojan asteroid seen in Earth’s orbit by Wise telescope The 200-300m-wide rock sits in front of our planet at a gravitational “sweet spot”, and poses no danger.

* Diplomatic relations established between Israel, S. Sudan The governments of Israel and South Sudan announced Thursday the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

* 3,000 people missing in Syrian uprising A global campaigning organization said Thursday that one person disappears in Syria every hour and that almost 3,000 people have gone missing since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.

07/27/11

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* Women Who Sang on Temple Mount Barred by Police The rules on the Temple Mount are unique for Jews: No singing, no prayer books and certainly not a Torah scroll, but Muslim can play soccer outside their holy mosques.

* Obama’s pick to head US military warns Iran over nukes US President Barack Obama’s pick to become the top US military officer warned Iran not to underestimate US resolve in responding to attacks on US forces in Iraq.

* Israeli, Palestinian envoys square off over UN recognition Israeli and Palestinian envoys squared off on Tuesday over plans to seek UN recognition of a state of Palestine in September.

* IDF fears Syrian army will back up border protesters The army is preparing for the possibility that Syrian soldiers will deploy along the border and actively defend men who try to infiltrate the Golan Heights.

* Turkey edges toward conflict with Kurds Three Turkish soldiers were killed in the southeastern province of Mardin over the weekend.

* RPT-Russia’s Putin considering Kremlin return-sources Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is close to a decision to bid for the presidency.

* World Jewish Congress: Ban Iran from Olympics over anti-Israel boycott The World Jewish Congress has called for Iran to be barred from taking part in the Olympics and other international sporting events.

* Hezbollah warns Israel against ‘stealing’ gas from Lebanon The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite Muslim Hezbollah militant group on Tuesday warned Israel against trying to steal Lebanon’s maritime resources.

* Beck and the Jews: Does he get them? Do they get him? Here he is on the night of July 19: “The Jewish people have been chased out of almost every country on this planet,” he told a crowd of thousands.

* Israel ‘Solves’ Missile Attacks by Building ‘Hidden Highway’ Israel has expelled Jews from Gaza, built bomb shelters and invented anti-Kassam missiles to defend the Negev.

07/26/11

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* ‘Turkey slams Israel for continued W. Bank building’ The Turkish Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned Israel for continuing to approve the building of new homes in West Bank settlements.

* PA to Unilaterally Set Borders in September Even as the Palestinian Authority warns Israel not to revoke the Oslo Accords it is planning to unilaterally set its own borders in September.

* Israel, US to hold massive missile defense drill next year In the face of Iran’s continued pursuit of a nuclear weapon, Israel and the United States will hold a large-scale missile defense exercise.

* Mullen warns of growing Iranian influence in Venezuela America’s top soldier warned Monday about the growing ties between Iran and Venezuela.

* Liberals Blame Blogs Over Norway Massacre Liberal publications are blaming anti-jihadist websites for the massacre of at least 76 Norwegians.

* Iran-China Deal Makes End Run on US Sanctions, Dollar Iran’s oil trade with China proceeds apace in Euros as the Islamic Republic makes an end-run around the weakened US dollar with a 3.2 billion Euro deal.

* Ayalon: Uprooting of Gush Katif a Defining Moment Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon was at the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem on Monday.

* The battlefield over Palestinian statehood moves to YouTube The Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic war over whether the international community should recognize Palestine has intensified and moved to social media.

* Beck likens Norway victims to Hitler Youth Talk-show host Glenn Beck on his syndicated radio show likened the victims of the shooting at a Norwegian summer camp to young members of the Nazi Party.

* Hamas executes two Gazans as spies for Israel Gaza’s Hamas government on Tuesday executed a Palestinian father and son convicted of spying for Israel.

07/25/11

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* Ayalon Challenges PA to a Duel Deputy Foreign Minister challenges PA leadership to a debate ahead of September, as PA condemns successful Israeli info-video.

* PA Uses Archaeology “To Rewrite History of Palestine” PA says archaeology dig in Shechem, which the Bible says was bought by Jacob, will help “writing or rewriting the history of Palestine.”

* Ramadan may hold the key to the Arab Spring Most observers of Arab politics are betting that the special practices of Ramadan are likely to stir the pot – but only after dark.

* China, Iran discussing barter system to bypass sanctions Sanctions forbid dealing with Iran in dollar trading; trading services, goods, softer currencies could undermine process.

* Abbas Claims PA “Forced” to UN Statehood Bid PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claims the entity’s UN bid for recognition as a new country was “forced” on it by Israel.

* “Oslo Generation” Joins Army Youths born when Israel signed the Oslo Accords with the PLO are now 18 and joining the army, highly motivated after childhood under terror.

* Biblical Jewish Roots Irrelevant, Says PA Activist The Bible is an “ancient holy book” that is irrelevant in the Palestinian Authority aim for all of Judea and Samaria, a PA activist says.

* Arab Spring let Palestinians ramp up Gaza arms smuggling In the past months, Hamas has acquired improved rockets, ready-made explosive devices, anti-tank missiles and possibly anti-aircraft missiles.

* US Protests Iran’s Anti-Christian “Convert of Die” Verdict Iran upholds a “choose Islam or die” verdict for a Christian pastor.

* Holy Land clerics launch interfaith Earth forum Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders in the Holy Land joined forces Monday to launch a multi-faith environmental campaign, citing religious injunctions to protect the Earth across their three faiths.