Category Archives: Top 10 News Stories

08/02/12

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* Ahmadinejad: World forces must strive to annihilate Israel In a speech published on his website Thursday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the ultimate goal of world forces must be the annihilation of Israel.

* Israeli PM says time running out to stop Iran’s nuclear program Time is running out for the international community to halt Iran’s nuclear program by peaceful means.

* US State Department report describes ‘rising tide’ of anti-Semitism The US State Department’s report on religious freedom described a “global increase” in anti-Semitism.

* NASA chief: U.S. won’t go it alone on manned Mars mission U.S. astronauts won’t land on Mars by themselves but with international partners in the 2030s.

* Syria crisis feeds Iraq violence, al-Qaida revival It was a brazen, complex attack worthy of Iraq’s al-Qaida at its peak.

* For the United Statelets of Europe Alfred Heineken did more than just brew beer. He also thought about things.

* Eurozone crisis: ECB’s Draghi disappoints markets European markets have fallen after the European Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the bank would come up with ways to help struggling eurozone countries.

* Thousands march as Pride Parade kicks off in J’lem The 10th annual Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade kicked off on Thursday as more than 2,000 people were marching.

* Syria crisis: Kofi Annan quits as UN-Arab League envoy The UN-Arab League joint special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan has announced he is leaving his post.

* Muslim-Coptic Violence Resumes in Egypt Muslims attacked a Coptic church in a village near Cairo Wednesday in the first such incident since Mohamed Morsi became president.

08/01/12

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* Iran, Syria top Panetta’s agenda in Israel Israel’s threats to attack Iran and the violence convulsing Syria top the agenda of U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s meetings Wednesday with Israeli government leaders.

* Hezbollah TV app banned by Apple and Google An app designed to stream content from Al-Manar TV, part of the media arm of Hezbollah, has been removed from both the Apple iTunes and Google Play stores.

* Panetta: U.S. prepared to implement ‘other options’ to prevent a nuclear Iran U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Wednesday that the United States is prepared to implement ‘other options’ if Iran continues to work toward attaining nuclear weapons.

* Syria conflict: Fate of nation at stake, says Assad The conflict between rebels and government forces across Syria will decide the fate of the nation.

* Barak Tells Panetta Israel Will Decide on Iran Defense Minister Ehud Barak has informed US Defense Secy Leon Panetta that Israel will make its own decisions on how to deal with Iran.

* Morsi Says Letter for Peace a ‘Fake’ Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi’s office has denied he sent a letter to President Shimon Peres indicating he wanted to work for peace in the Middle East.

* Syrian rebels acquired surface-to-air missiles Rebels fighting to depose Syrian president Bashar Assad have for the first time acquired a small supply of surface-to-air missiles.

* Video: Jewish Groups Document Canadian ‘Anti-Semitic Hate Rally’ Canadian Jewish groups are urging the Ontario government to stop an “anti-Semitic hate rally” from taking place on the steps of the legislature next month.

* Israel Hi-Tech Helps Protect US-Mexican Border The United States has selected an Israeli company for the placement of a radar system to detect infiltrators at the border with Mexico.

* Iraq sees deadliest month in two years July was Iraq’s deadliest month in nearly two years as 325 people died in nationwide attacks.

07/31/12

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* Mursi makes first contact with Israel in letter to Peres Egyptian president makes gesture hours before US Defense Secretary Panetta arrives in Cairo for official visit.

* Gantz: IDF will follow Iran attack orders if given The IDF will carry out orders to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities if it receives orders to do so from the government.

* Lack of funding may force Syrian refugees into Europe Neighbouring countries surrounding war-ravaged Syria may seal off their borders if they can no longer absorb the increasing number of refugees.

* Video: Terrorists train for southern border attack A video released by the Mujahideen Shura Council on Friday documents the preparations leading up to the terror attack that killed an Israeli civilian on the border with Egypt last month.

* Al-Qaida turns tide for rebels in battle for eastern Syria As they stood outside the commandeered government building in the town of Mohassen, it was hard to distinguish Abu Khuder’s men from any other brigade in the Syrian civil war.

* India power cut hits millions, among world’s worst outages Hundreds of millions of people across India were left without power on Tuesday in one of the world’s worst blackouts.

* IDF’s New Cellphones: Smarter and Safer The IDF will begin to implement a mammoth technological project Wednesday.

* Iran Funding Terror Camp in Iraq An Iranian-funded religious academy in Iraq is training approximately 1,500 recruits from Arab countries worldwide to use “combat weapons”.

* China: Romney’s Pro-Jerusalem Views May Ignite War China, which has refused to buck Iran and Syria, now goes to bat for the Arab world.

* Euro-saving operations due within ‘days,’ says Juncker Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker has said there is “no time to lose,” as the world talks about a eurozone breakup.

07/30/12

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* Syria conflict: UN says 200,000 have fled Aleppo battle Some 200,000 people have fled intense fighting in Syria’s second city Aleppo in the past two days, the UN has said.

* Singing, Yearning in Lamentations at the Western Wall A night of grieving, a night of unity as the people of Israel came together to yearn for what was, and what is yet to be.

* Barak: No One Dares Attack Israel with Chemical Weapons “No element in the world would dare attack Israel with chemical weapons,” says Defense Minister.

* Scalia opens door for gun-control legislation, extends slow burning debate Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Sunday the Second Amendment leaves open the possibility of gun-control legislation, adding to what has become a slow-boiling debate on the issue since the Colorado movie theater massacre earlier this month.

* Apollo Moon flags still standing, images show Images taken by a Nasa spacecraft show that the American flags planted in the Moon’s soil by Apollo astronauts are mostly still standing.

* DHS gears up for civil unrest prior to presidential elections The Department of Homeland Security has ordered masses of riot gear equipment to prepare for potential significant domestic riots at the Republican National Convention, Democratic National Convention and next year’s presidential inauguration.

* Remains of Jews Massacred on Temple Mount Found? Journalist shows video of mass grave just outside eastern wall of Temple Mount.

* Saeb Erekat: Romney Harms US Interests in Middle East Romney’s “rewarding occupation, settlement and extremism” is “harmful to American interests”, charges PA negotiator.

* Hamas TV Issues Video Response to Temple Video Hamas TV and another anti-Israel group make their own versions of the successful Temple Institute video.

* Panetta says sanctions haven’t yet worked in Iran U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging that international sanctions have not achieved their aim of compelling Iran to rein in its nuclear ambitions. 

07/27/12

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* Arab League: Don’t Touch Muslim Temple Mount The Arab League has released a statement warning Israel to stay away from the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

* U.S. plans major exercises for Gulf, Mediterranean Sea in September The United States has recruited more than 20 countries for two major naval exercises around the Middle East.

* Russian, Western navies to face off near Syria A Russian naval flotilla, which entered the Mediterranean earlier this week, may be there for a long haul.

* US defense secretary to visit Israel for talks on Iran, Syria Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will head to the Middle East next week and is expected to speak with Israeli and Jordanian officials.

* Hizbullah Places Itself at Assad’s Disposal The Hizbullah terror group has affirmed its allegiance to Syria and has offered to place itself at President Bashar Assad’s disposal.

* China Dares US To Respond With More Than Bromides To Measures It may not be an exaggeration to say that the most important Chinese city after Beijing is the new city of Sansha.

* Israel ups security on Syria border Israel bolstered security along its border with Syria on Thursday as fighting between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad’s regime intensified.

* Turkey sets up secret base to bring aid to Syria rebels, sources say Turkey has set up a secret base with allies Saudi Arabia and Qatar to direct vital military and communications aid to Syria’s rebels.

* Syria conflict: Assad’s fall ‘matter of time’ – ex-UN observer The former head of the UN observer mission in Syria says it is “only a matter of time” until President Bashar al-Assad’s government falls.

* Security and Defense: Preparing for war by surprise On Saturday December 27, 2008, Col. Ofer Levy, then deputy commander of the Givati Brigade, was out for lunch when he received a phone call informing him that Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip had begun.

07/26/12

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* Egypt’s President Insulted Over Video: ‘The Children are Ready’ Arab media are expressing the view that an innocent video prepared to mark a holy Jewish fast day was actually secretly intended as an insult to newly-elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.

* Temple Institute Responds: Video is Fresh Perspective A video produced by the Temple Institute in Jerusalem, has apparently turned the Arab world upside down.

* ‘Muslim Brothers plotting overthrow of Gulf states’ Dubai’s chief of police has warned of an “international plot” to overthrow the governments of Gulf Arab countries.

* Barak Warns Israel Ready to Go It Alone on Iran Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Wednesday that Jerusalem is “committed to doing everything it can in order to stop Iran from going nuclear.”

* PA thanks IOC for refusing Munich victims memorial The Palestinian Authority has thanked the International Olympic Committee [IOC] for refusing to allow a minute’s silence at the opening ceremony in London.

* Dayan’s NYT Op-Ed: Settlements Are the Solution, Not Problem Judea and Samaria Communities Council (Yesha Council) head Danny Dayan writes this week in a op-ed for the New York Times that a two-state “solution” is no solution at all.

* After delays, massive US bunker-buster available In face of possible military intervention in Syria and a strike against Iran, the United States has announced that its largest bunker-buster missile capable of penetrating underground facilities is operational.

* Facebook, Google, eBay and Amazon join US lobby group Google, Facebook, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to create a powerful pro-internet lobbying group in the US.

* Iran Pledges to Deploy Warships in the Atlantic For the second time in less than a year, Iran’s top naval commander has said Iranian Navy vessels will soon be plying the Atlantic Ocean.

* The News From Europe on the Economy Is Universally Depressing The bad news has been coming thick and fast in the European debt crisis. Moody’s, the rating agency, has rated both Germany and the European bailout funds negative.

07/25/12

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* Temple Institute Tisha B’Av Video A new video released by the Temple Institute, called The Children are Ready has hit over 110,000 views on YouTube as of Tuesday, only five days after its release.

* IDF Chief: Syria Intervention Could Lead to Regional War IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz warned the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that a misstep by Israel in moving to secure Syria’s chemical weapons could lead to a wide-scale regional war.

* Assad Knows Israel Will Attack, If Necessary, Says Lieberman Syrian President Bashar Assad knows Israel will attack Hizbullah if it obtains his chemical weapons.

* 11,000 Centrifuges in Iran Enriching Uranium, Ahmadinejad Says Iran now has 11,000 centrifuges enriching uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says.

* Saudi King Calls Islamic Summit King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for an emergency Islamic summit in Mecca on August 14-15.

* Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer claims huge cosmic ray haul The largest-ever experiment in space has reported the collection of some 18 billion “cosmic ray” events that may help unravel the Universe’s mysteries.

* Meet the ‘bots’ that edit Wikipedia Wikipedia is written and maintained by tens of thousands of volunteers across the world. Those, in turn, are assisted by hundreds of “bots”.

* Israel to use advanced early warning system on Lebanese border Over the next few months the IDF will begin taking an Multi-Sensor System (MSS) on operational activities.

* World Bank: Palestinian economy unsustainable due to foreign aid reliance The Palestinian economy’s recent growth is unsustainable because of its heavy reliance on foreign aid.

* Munich widows ask crowd to hold own moment of silence at Olympic opening If the International Olympics Committee refuses to grant a minute of silence for the Israeli athletes murdered during the Munich games, members of the audience at Friday’s opening ceremony should stand up themselves.

07/24/12

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* Gantz: Attack on Syria may spark regional conflict Israel could face a large-scale conflict in the aftermath of an attack against Syria’s chemical weapons.

* Syria conflict: Aleppo bombed by fighter planes Fighter jets have bombed eastern areas of Syria’s second city Aleppo.

* Iranian Mouthpiece Media Calls on Syria to Attack Israel Syrian President Bashar Assad should attack Israel, says an Iranian newspaper considered the mouthpiece of the Supreme Leader.

* Baby-Eating Zionist Lizard on ‘Peace Partner’ TV Palestinian Authority Television promoted paintings that would have pleased Adolf Hitler ten days ago.

* ‘Israel Will Go to War if Hizbullah Gets Chemical Weapons’ Israel is prepared to intervene militarily if Hizbullah gets a hold of Assad’s chemical weapons.

* EU to boost Israel trade relations despite settlements row The EU is today to confirm moves to strengthen economic ties with Israel.

* Eurozone crisis worsens as Germany warned on top rating The euro-crisis is accelerating as Spanish borrowing costs continue rising and Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

* London 2012: More troops deployed for Olympics More than 1,000 troops who had been on standby to bolster security at the Olympic Games have been deployed.

* Saar: Hevron Integral to Jewish Story Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Tuesday visited Hevron in a signal he intends to expand the “Higher Hevron” program.

* Abbas to delay Palestinian UN bid until after US elections Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to delay a Palestinian bid for UN recognition until after US elections in the fall.

07/23/12

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* Barak: World’s intelligence community is on the alert for terror attacks at Olympics The world’s intelligence community is on the alert for terror attacks at the London Olympics, and Israel knows only too well that it can be targeted at such events, Defense Ministry Ehud Barak said on Sunday morning.

* IDF Trains for ‘Arab Spring’ in Judea and Samaria A large-scale IDF exercise in Judea and Samaria, the first in three years, is preparing soldiers in the Menashe Brigade for a possible “Arab Spring” rebellion. The brigade is based near Jenin, located in central Samaria between the Mediterranean Coast and the Jordan River.

* Syria ‘will not use’ chemical weapons on its own people Syria has said it will not use chemical weapons against its own people, but would do so against an external attack.

* Nasa’s ‘untried’ technology to land Curiosity on Mars On 6 August, the largest rover ever sent to Mars should touchdown on the planet’s surface. For the landing, the mission uses a complex – and untried – “sky crane”. Our space columnist finds out how it’s going to work. (Video of landing courtesy of Nasa).

* Iraq attacks in Baghdad and north ‘kill 107’ A wave of bomb attacks and shootings in Baghdad and north of the capital has killed at least 107 people, say security and medical officials.

* Syria Warns It May Use Chemical Weapons on ‘Foreign’ Forces Syria has admitted it has chemical weapons and in what might have been a veiled threat against Israel, said it will use them if attacked.

* Syrian civil war boosts Israeli-US defense ties Officials deny reports that Israel under pressure from DC to refrain from taking unilateral steps against Assad’s chemical weapons.

* Israel Files Complaint Over Golan Incursion An incursion into the Golan Heights by some 500 Syrian soldiers last week has led Israel to lodge a complaint with the United Nations.

* Iran downplays threat to close Hormuz Strait Military commander says Iran won’t close Strait of Hormuz as long as it can use the shipping line itself, IRNA reports.

* IOC holds surprise Munich massacre memorial After IOC president rules out minute of silence at opening ceremony, c’tee holds first-ever memorial in Olympic village.

07/21/12

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* ‘Iran will attack Tel Aviv if Israel strikes’ Iran will “attack the heart of Tel Aviv” in the event that Israel launches an attack against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities.

* Pentagon: Signs Hezbollah staged Bulgaria attack The Pentagon said Friday that there are signs that Hezbollah orchestrated the Wednesday suicide bombing which killed five Israelis in Bulgaria.

* Barak: Israel may seize advanced weapons in Syria Israel is preparing for a possible military intervention in Syria.

* Morsi Meets Mashaal, Stresses Support for ‘Palestinians’ Egypt, under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mohammed Morsi, is tightening relations with Hamas.

* Israel’s Muslims begin Ramadan fast amid heat wave Millions of Muslims around the world marked the beginning of the Ramadan holy month on Friday.

* EU ministers set to beef up Syria arms embargo, sanctions EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Monday (23 July) are expected to extend sanctions on Syria.

* Amnesty Int’l: Israel must protect Syrian refugees Amnesty International has urged Israel to take “necessary steps” to ensure anyone fleeing Syria be allowed to benefit from effective and systematic protection.

* Each Ethiopian Jewish Soldier will have a Mentor Those who call Israel a racist state may not like to hear it, but the IDF’s Personnel Branch is planning to help Ethiopian-Jewish soldiers take their steps in the military by giving each of them a mentor.

* ‘Israel has the right to defend itself’ US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro commented Friday on the terror attack in Bulgaria, which claimed the lives of five Israelis and left 32 injured, saying that Israel has the right of self-defense.

* Ellis Island to Ben Gurion Airport: The changing Jewish immigrant experience Last week I boarded a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight from New York City to Israel which was packed to the gills with hopeful new immigrants to the Jewish state.