Sneh to ‘Post’: ‘IDF must stop Iran’ Sanctions against Iran are unlikely to work, so Israel must be prepared to thwart Teheran’s drive for a nuclear capability “at all costs.”

Iraqi official: War dead 100,000 Iraq’s health minister says between 100,000 and 150,000 civilians have been killed in the war.

Mubarak warns against Saddam’s execution Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, has become the first Arab leader to warn against carrying out the execution of Saddam Hussein.

Haniyeh considers resigning in exchange for Western aid Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Friday he would step down from his post if the move would persuade the West to lift debilitating economic sanctions.

Earthquake dry-run for Istanbul’s ‘Big One’ The Istanbul authorities pulled out all the stops for three days this week to see how ready they really are for “The Big One”.

Huge ‘hurricane’ rages on Saturn A hurricane-like storm, two-thirds the diameter of Earth, is raging at Saturn’s south pole.

‘I’d send gays to Sodom and Gomorrah’ “If it was up to me, I would send the gay community, who insisted on celegbrating in Jerusalem, to Sodom and Gomorrah.”

‘Aliens could attack at any time’ warns former MoD chief UFO sightings and alien visitors tend to be solely the reserve of sci-fi movies.

Analysis: Saudi analysts suggest Bin Laden is dead Has the rumor of Osama Bin Laden’s death been greatly exaggerated, or is there more to it than initially thought?

More Britons are turning to terror, says MI5 director Hundreds of young British Muslims are being radicalised, groomed and set on a path to mass murder.

World both gloats, fears Bush humiliation It seems as though everywhere around the world politicians, commentators and regular people are celebrating the political blow dealt to President George W. Bush in the midterm elections.

Palestinians vow revenge at Gaza funeral for 18 Tens of thousands of grieving Gazans, weeping in anguish and screaming for revenge, crammed into a cemetery on Thursday to bury 18 civilians killed by an errant Israeli artillery.

Abbas talks to Mashaal, in sign of progress for unity gov’t Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas’ exiled leader, Khaled Mashaal, spoke to each other for the first time in months on Thursday.

Nation on highest alert with 80 attack warnings Israel police will be on highest alert Thursday around the country following the fatal shelling attack on Beit Hanoun which killed 18 Palestinians.

Gay Parade Canceled, Stadium Rally to be Held Instead In light of dozens of terrorist warnings and hundreds of thousands of expected protestors, the homosexual parade scheduled for Friday has been replaced by a rally.

British Leader: Iraq at Critical Point Iraq is at a critical point and faces a real risk of violence escalating further.

Russia, China Plan Joint Space Projects Russia plans to cooperate with China in robotic missions to the moon and Mars and other space projects.

Brussels to take more self-protecting approach to enlargement Drawing on tough lessons from past enlargements, the EU will from now on take an extra cautious approach to future expansion of the bloc with its own welfare becoming a major factor.

German Study Reveals Increasing Anti-Semitism A new study conducted by professors at Leipzig University shows that anti-Semitism is once again rearing its head in a population that still yearns to be a world power run by a dictatorship.

Sanhedrin’ to police: Protecting gay march sinful A panel of rabbis made a halachic ruling Wednesday demanding police refuse orders to protect the gay pride parade slated to take place in Jerusalem Friday.

Hamas: Israel must be wiped out Palestinian Government Spokesman Dr. Ghazi Hamad said that Israel must be wiped off the face of the earth.

Democrats seize control of House Democrats have won control of the US House of Representatives in mid-term polls for the first time in 12 years.

Envoy Reassures Iraqis of U.S. Resolve The United States ambassador sought to reassure Iraqis on Wednesday that American policy in Iraq would not dramatically change.

Saddam ‘executed by end of year’ Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has told the BBC he expects Saddam Hussein to be executed by the end of 2006.

China, Egypt reach nuclear energy agreement China and Egypt agreed to co-operate on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

Photo Feature: Elon Moreh, Living in Abraham’s Footsteps Despite the destruction of four Jewish towns in northern Samaria during last year’s Disengagement Plan, Jewish life in Samaria continues to flourish.

EU report contains stinging criticism of Turkey Freedom of speech in Turkey is not guaranteed, the military still plays a “significant” political role and non-Muslim religious communities face discrimination.

IDF: No Certainty that IDF Shell Caused Gaza Explosion Preliminary IDF investigation of the Gaza explosion shows that 10 of the 12 fired shells hit their targets.

Beheaded girls were Ramadan ‘trophies’ Three Christian high school girls were beheaded as a Ramadan “trophy” by Indonesian militants who conceived the idea after a visit to Philippines jihadists.

A national institution Do Paris, London or Washington need special schools dedicated to their study in order to strengthen understanding of their historic role as capitals?

US vote may alter stance on Mideast US voters go to the polls Tuesday in an election that may shift the congressional balance of power and change the government’s policies in the Middle East.

Saddam Back in Court for Genocide Trial A subdued Saddam Hussein returned to court Tuesday for his genocide trial.

Gay Pride Parade time and route final The upcoming Gay Pride Parade will take place on Friday in Jerusalem as scheduled.

Rice: Better to have Hamas in power than in streets An elected Hamas government in the Palestinian territories may be preferable to the group operating outside the power structure and carrying out terrorist actions.

The Region: Meet ‘national Islamism’ In July 2006, Muhammad Abd al-Sattar, a deputy minister in Syria’s government, made a very strange statement on that country’s state-controlled television.

Gov’t expected to okay Peres plan for Eilat-Dead Sea Canal Vice Premier Shimon Peres will in two weeks present his proposals to the cabinet for the “Peace Valley” program for development of the border region between Israel, Jordan, and Palestinian Authority controlled areas.

‘Israel should learn from Kosovo’ Strategic Affairs Minister Avigdor Lieberman found common ground with another country caught in a territorial dispute.

‘War within 10 months’ Syria and Hezbollah are likely to start a war with the Jewish state within 10 months.

NATO chief tells EU not to ‘replicate’ army tasks The EU should not “replicate” NATO’s military tasks and do more instead to help the alliance with civilian work like policing in Afghanistan.

Plan to create human-cow embryos UK scientists have applied for permission to create embryos by fusing human DNA with cow eggs.

Curfew eased after Saddam verdict Iraqi authorities have begun to lift a round-the-clock curfew in Baghdad, a day after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

Report: Hamas, Fatah OK unity gov’t London-based Arab newspaper Al-Hayat reported on Monday that a resolution of both the economic crisis in the Palestinian territories and the issue of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit was a prerequisite for a Palestinian unity government.

Merkel warns Turkey on ‘very, very serious situation’ German chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a stark warning to Turkey saying there will be no “business as usual” in Ankara’s EU membership talks if it continues to be defiant on the Cyprus issue.

Syria hints at armed struggle for Golan Syria could resort to armed resistance if peace negotiations fail to make Israel give back the Golan Heights.

Summit shows China’s Africa clout China’s Africa summit has ended in Beijing, with the Chinese government pledging to double both aid and trade with African nations.

The struggle for Lebanon Lebanon’s deeply fragmented political scene is trapped in a deepening crisis amid power plays by major regional actors and a significant rise in inter-communal tensions.

Israeli Sheikh: Temple Mount is Entirely Islamic Responding to a plan to build a synagogue on Judaism’s most sacred site, Sheikh Raad Salah warns that the entire complex is Moslem.

Iran commander: Troops trained for suicide missions Iran is ready to share its missile systems with friends and neighbors, the commander of the Revolutionary Guards said.

Photo Essay: A Visit to the Matriarch Rachel’s Fortified Tomb Every year on the anniversary of her untimely death, tens of thousands of Jews make the pilgrimage to the Biblical matriarch Rachel�s tomb on the outskirts of Bethlehem.

Haggard confesses to ‘lifelong’ sexual problem Less than 24 hours after being fired from the mega-church he founded, evangelical Pastor Ted Haggard confessed to a “lifelong” sexual problem.

Amir Taheri, The Jerusalem Post

While there is much talk of continued Syrian machinations in Lebanon, little attention is paid to an Iranian plan to remodel Syria into a Khomeinist state.

The Teheran-Damascus axis that challenges the United States in the Middle East was first formed in 1980 when Saddam Hussein invaded Iran in the hope of destroying the newly created Islamic Republic.

At first, the Khomeinist regime in Iran and the Ba’athist dictatorship in Syria seemed unlikely allies. The Khomeinists followed a radical Shi’ite ideology aimed at global jihad in the name of their brand of Islam. The Syrian Ba’athists, on the other hand, were secularists inspired by an Arabized version of National Socialism aimed at uniting Arab countries under one flag and one party.

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Egypt and Russia strengthen ties Russia is expected to offer assistance for Egypt’s proposed nuclear programme as the two countries’ presidents affirm their warm relations in Moscow.

Iran fires missiles in gulf war games Iran has started military exercises in the Arabian gulf just days after six other nations, including the United States, held a series of exercises in the same area.

Iran gives Holocaust cartoon prize Ignoring widespread condemnation, Iran awarded the top prize in a Holocaust cartoon contest to a Moroccan artist for his depiction of Israel’s security wall with a picture of the Auschwitz concentration camp on it.

Talabani: US must stay for three years US troops should stay for up to three more years in Iraq to allow local authorities to build up their own security forces, the Iraqi president says.

Eye of the Storm: The ‘Iranization’ of Syria While there is much talk of continued Syrian machinations in Lebanon, little attention is paid to an Iranian plan to remodel Syria into a Khomeinist state.

Web reaches new milestone: 100 million sites Are your Web surfing fingers getting tired? There may be a reason. Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, says a mammoth milestone was reached during the month of October.

Khatami labels US policy ‘a joke’ The former president of Iran, Mohammad Khatami, has branded US attempts to impose Western-style democracy in the Middle East as “a great joke”.

Hundreds to Commemorate “Genesis and Land of Israel” Weekends The Land of Israel and the Book of Genesis – read aloud on autumn weekends in synagogues around the world – are deeply intertwined, and special Sabbaths mark the connection.

Web inventor fears for the future The British developer of the world wide web says he is worried about the way it could be used to spread misinformation and “undemocratic forces”.

Syria denies it is trying to oust Lebanese gov’t Syria denied on Thursday accusations by the White House that it was seeking to topple Lebanon’s Western-backed government.

Israel may rethink truce commitment Israel warned on Tuesday that it might rethink its adherence to the cease-fire resolution that ended Lebanon war this summer.

Iraq a ‘lost battle,’ Saudi study says The US war in Iraq is a “lost battle” and the violence-ravaged nation’s “dire” plight seems certain to see it shatter along ethnic lines, an advisor to the Saudi government is warning.

Iran set for large-scale naval exercise Iran unexpectedly announced Wednesday that it would be holding military maneuvers in the Gulf this week.

Egypt poll: Israel, Denmark, US – enemies It’s been 27 years since the Camp David accords were signed, but the vast majority of Egyptians still see Israel as an enemy state.

Russia defends missile sale to Iran The Russian defense minister on Wednesday defended Moscow’s deal to supply air defense missiles to Iran.

Minister Edery: Reconsider pride parade Minister for Jerusalem affairs suggests moving parade location.

Archaeologist: Islamic head scarves linked to sex rites A 92-year-old retired archaeologist will stand trial in Turkey for claiming that Islamic-style head scarves date back more than 5,000 years.

Merkel says Germany ‘will not solve’ EU constitution limbo German chancellor Angela Merkel has said that her country’s EU presidency in the first half of next year will “not solve the problem” of the shelved EU constitution.

Abbas: Israel must stop Gaza ‘massacre’ The Palestinian government called a special meeting Wednesday to discuss IDF operations taking place in Beit Hanoun.

Palestinian emigration on the rise Palestinians are leaving the territories due to the harsh security and economic situation there.

North Korea talks ‘set to resume’ Six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme are to resume soon, China’s foreign ministry has confirmed.

Pandemic fear over new bird flu strain A new resistant strain of the H5N1 virus, deadly to humans and poultry, has spread throughout Southeast Asia, renewing fears of a bird flu pandemic.

Saudi envoy slams US role in Mideast The US standing in the Middle East is at an all-time low and can be helped only by pressing Israel to relinquish all occupied Arab land and Jerusalem to the Palestinians, says Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States.

International net domains ‘risky’ The global inter-operability of the internet needs to be preserved, Vint Cerf, one of the founders of the net, has told a global gathering in Athens.

* Bolton: Syria, Iran arming Hizbullah US Ambassador John Bolton expressed concern that Syria and Iran are trying to destabilize Lebanon’s democratically elected government by violating a UN arms embargo.

New “Save Yesha” Movement Founded The founding session of the new group – named Meginei Eretz, Defenders of the Land – was held in Beit El Monday night.

Leading nuclear powers meet on terrorism The world’s five leading nuclear powers and eight other countries kicked off a new program Monday aimed at keeping nuclear weapons beyond the reach of terrorists.

PA paper: Jews fan flames of evil A new article blaming Jews for “fanning the flames of evil and provoking wars” has appeared in the Palestinian Authority’s official newspaper, Al Hayat Al Jadida.

Iraq violence ‘linked to US vote’ US Vice-President Dick Cheney has said that insurgents in Iraq have increased their attacks in order to influence the upcoming US mid-term elections.

Many Israelis living abroad mull returning home Haim Keren and his family have been living in the US for more than 10 years. With two children, a house and a good, stable job in upstate New York, returning to Israel is a tough choice.

by: Aljazeera + Agencies

The American government is failing to counter Islamists’ online propaganda that could propel militancy into the next generation, experts say.

From the Middle East, Asia and Europe, extremists have built an extensive internet library of sophisticated texts on the ideology that underpins violence against the West and other enemies, Western analysts and intelligence officials said on Saturday.

“It’s a steady, stealthy indoctrination aimed at creating a whole new generation of jihadists. And scandalously, it is unopposed,” said Stephen Ulph, who studies the Islamists’ use of the internet for the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington think tank.

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