August 2012
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Syria civil war may be boon for Israel, US →
Along with losing a key geopolitical ally in the Levant, Iran may also suffer a tactical loss. As the civil unrest in Syria grows worse by the day so does Iran’s ability to use the state as an early-warning or buffer against a possible Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities.
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Microsoft CEO to visit Israel →
“Ballmer will attend events at Microsoft Israel and Microsoft Israel’s R&D Center, and is due to meet entrepreneurs and developers, as well as leaders of Israel’s economy.”
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Jewish White Sox player will play for Israel in... →
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Iran begins construction of $300M anti-aircraft... →
“Amid increasing talk of a possible Israeli strike on its nuclear facilities, Iran has begun construction of a new, state-of-the-art, anti-aircraft missile base. The new base, located near the city of Abadeh, in southern Iran, will cost $300 million, be home to 6,000 personnel, and host seven battalions, Iran’s Fars news agency reported Tuesday.”
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Rep. Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) calls on EU to designate... →
“The chairwoman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ileana Ros- Lehtinen (R-Florida), sent a letter – ahead of the annual Al-Qods Day marches in Europe on Saturday – to José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, urging the EU to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. European Hezbollah supporters play a key role in the marches.”
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Israelis Invent Anti-Date Rape Straw →
“The idea is that women will carry the straw with them when they go out, and they can reuse the straw as many times as they like until the straw encounters the presence of any date rape drugs. If the straw detects any drug in the drink, a chemical reaction will be created and the straw will change colour, depending on the drug.”
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US probing four banks for laundering money to Iran →
“Germany’s Deutsche Bank and three other global banks are being investigated for money laundering to Iran, Sudan, and other sanctioned countries, The New York Times reported Saturday. They are accused of funneling billions of dollars through their American branches.
“The US has already brought charges against five other foreign banks — ABN Amro, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Lloyds and...
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Iran dares Israel to attack →
The rhetoric between these two countries is reaching unprecedented levels.
“A senior Iranian commander says a possible Israeli airstrike against his country’s nuclear facilities is ‘welcome’ because it would give Iran a reason to retaliate and “get rid of” the Jewish state ‘forever.’”
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US: Iraq helping Iran avoid world sanctions →
“When President Obama announced last month that he was barring a Baghdad bank from any dealings with the American banking system, it was a rare acknowledgment of a delicate problem facing the administration in a country that American troops just left: for months, Iraq has been helping Iran skirt economic sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear program.”
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WatchThe real “catastrophe.”
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Withdrawal From Gaza On this day, 7 years ago, August 15-22, 2005, the State of Israel underwent an internally polarizing and extraordinary dramatic event which would become known as the disengagement from the Gaza Strip. The film ‘Withdrawal From Gaza’ offers a personal behind-the-scenes look, both before and during the evacuation, at the...
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A-jad threatens war with Israel: "Tumor" of Israel... →
“Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual anti-Israel protest in Tehran on Friday that the Jewish state was a ‘cancerous tumour’ that will soon be excised, drawing Western rebukes.”
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Iran: Israel's existence an insult to humanity →
“Israel’s existence is an ‘insult to all humanity,’ Iran’s president said Friday in one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state, as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over its nuclear program.”
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Unanimous: Sacramento now sister cities with two... →
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Bibi/Barak's decision to strike Iran almost final →
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Syrian Ambassador to Iran: We are at war with evil... →
”’Syria is at war with the axis of evil whose centers are in Tel Aviv and in Washington,’ Syria’s Ambassador to Iran Hamed Hassan said Monday. Speaking at a Tehran conference titled ‘Syria – the First Line of Resistance,’ Hassan blamed the United States and Israel for backing opposition forces trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad, and announced that...
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Suspected gays in Lebanon subject to anal exams →
“Dozens of people demonstrated outside the law courts in the Lebanese capital on Saturday to protest the use of anal ‘tests’ on men suspected of homosexuality, which is a criminal offence in the Arab country.”
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Inconvenient Truth: Romney was right on...
By John Podhoretz
While in Israel, Mitt Romney said something every sane person knows to be true: There is great cultural and political meaning in the fact that Israel has prospered while the Palestinians have festered.
“Culture,” Romney said, “makes all the difference … you notice a dramatic, stark difference in economic vitality.” He didn’t specify what he meant by “culture,” but you...
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Simply Israel: Aly Raisman revels that the source... →
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Aly Raisman stated that using the score, Hava Nagila was in response to the IOC’s failure to commemorate the attacks in Munich in 1972. For those who don’t know, 11 Israeli athletes were killed in the Olympic games in Munich, by Palestinian terrorists. They came to the Olympics to achieve their…
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Arab-Israelis attempted to smuggle in 20kg of C4... →
“A series of Hezbollah terror attacks inside Israel were foiled recently by the Israel Security Agency after a group of Israeli-Arabs helped smuggle 20 kilograms of high-grade explosives into Israel.”
Investigation by the Israel Security Agency brought to light connections to the terror organization Hezbollah.
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Iranian Rial sinks 5% against US Dollar suffering... →
“Reuters reported that the rial was trading in the free market at around 21,510 per dollar, down from about 20,440 on Sunday.”
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Standard Chartered bank hid $250B Iranian... →
“A major British bank, using its New York operations, ‘schemed’ with the Iranian government for nearly a decade to launder $250 billion, exposing the United States financial system to terrorist entities, drug traffickers and corrupt regimes, New York’s top banking regulator charged on Monday.”
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Israel boasts star blind golfer →
After losing his eyesight serving in the Israel Defense Forces, Zohar Sharon won the world championship for blind golf — not once but four times.
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Israel opening new embassy in Albania →
Albania is a NATO member. It is also a nation whose population is over 70% Muslim.
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NJ Governor Christie imposes sanctions on Iran →
“New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law new sanctions against Iran that prohibit public contracts with any company or person who invests in Iran’s energy and finance sectors.”
The Governor is an outspoken critic against the Iranian nuclear threat in the United States.
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Rumors surface that Hezbollah's leader Nasrallah... →
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Israeli oil discovery -- enough gas to last 150... →
“Gas exploration companies Noble Energy Inc., Delek Group Ltd. and others have discovered enough natural gas to supply Israel’s domestic needs for the next 150 years, an investigative report published by Bloomberg news agency claimed on Saturday. ‘The gas would be worth about $240 billion, equal to Israel’s annual economic output, based on today’s prices in the UK,’ the report...
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Aliyah Olympians →
The Tablet details the story of two Israeli olim who made aliyah before the current on-going Olympics in London.
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