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Saudis warn Iran: Don't interfere with our unity

Saudi Arabia warns Iran not to interfere with its Bahrain unity plan.

GCC countries to unite in a superstate against Iran

“The London-based Al Hayat daily cited a senior GCC source who said Qatar and possibly Kuwait could join Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in announcing their intention to be part of the union core. The union, which would provide a strategic bulwark against rival Iran, would have centralized diplomatic and military arms while leaving domestic governance largely in the hands of its individual member states.”

“Battleship” director to Israeli journalist: “Join the IDF motherf—!” He exclaimed this during the interview after talking about the threat of Iran. He then found out the journalist dodged the draft.

I think I am going to watch the movie fifty times to support this guy.

Iran boasts US has abandoned Israel

Likud-Kadima unity gov't deal a boon for Bibi

“The unity deal which brought Kadima into Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition was criticized by the leftist parties in the Knesset and led to protests against MK Shaul Mofaz. Despite all this, however, a new poll shows that the move seems to have played in Netanyahu’s favor. Not only that, the poll also found that Netanyahu continues to be the leading candidate were elections to be held in the near future. The poll found that 43 percent of the Israeli public believes Netanyahu is best suited to serve as Prime Minister. Mofaz, Netanyahu’s newest coalition partner, came in last with only five percent of respondents thinking he would be suited to serve as Prime Minister.”

1967 All Over Again?

Bibi oft compares the Iranian threat of 2012 to 1948 and the Shoah. Is an analogy to 1967 more appropriate? Recent political maneuvers seems to say yes.

Israeli runs for Congress in Texas

“Gelbman is running in the May 29 Republican Primary in Texas’s Sixth Congressional District, which is outside Dallas. He will face off against incumbent Joe Barton, who was first elected in 1984 and has never won reelection with less than 60 percent of the vote, and challenger Joe Chow. After Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly and the television show Inside Edition ran critical reports of Barton receiving a car paid for by taxpayers, Gelbman said he is confident he could beat him. One of his reasons for optimism is that voters in the heavily Evangelical Christian district like his connection to Israel.”

US group lobbying for Israel's inclusion in upcoming NATO summit

“The American Jewish Committee (AJC) has called on the US government to get Turkey’s veto lifted on Israel’s participation in an upcoming NATO Summit in Chicago, Today’s Zaman [a Turkish daily] reported on Sunday.”

Leader of the opposition, Tzipi Livni, quits Knesset

“Former opposition and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni resigned from the Knesset and her party on Tuesday, saying she will continue working to better Israel’s future.”

Saudi Arabia closes embassy in Egypt over prisoner row

“Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador to Egypt for ‘consultation’ and temporarily closed its embassy and consulate in Cairo following protests in Egypt against the detention of an Egyptian activist by the Saudi authorities. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported that the reason behind the diplomatic move was ‘unjustified protests’ in Egypt and attempts to storm the Saudi embassy and consulates which ‘threatened the safety of its employees.’”

Druze Arab professor appointed as Israeli Ambassador to New Zealand

“Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has appointed Druze Professor for Hebrew Literature Naim Araidi as Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Sunday. This is the first time a member of the Druze community is appointed an ambassador in a political appointment.”

Israel receives official delegation from Morocco

BDS Fail: Minnesota judges dismiss attempt to divest state investments in Israel

“Ramsey County Judge Margaret Marrinan has dismissed a lawsuit that called for the state of Minnesota to sell the $18 million in Israeli bonds held in the state’s portfolio.”

Governor Chris Christie reads a passage of scripture while praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel on Monday, April 2, 2012. (New Jersey Governor’s Office/Tim Larsen)

US backs Saudi plan to arm Syrian rebels

“he US and its allies have warned president Bashar al-Assad that unless he halts his attacks on the Syrian population and implements a UN-backed peace plan, the rebels fighting him will be given more weapons. The move, made at an Istanbul conference of the Friends of Syria, a grouping of more than 70 countries, in effect gives Washington’s blessing to a Saudi Arabian bid to arm the opposition.”