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John Bolton: Israeli Attack is Only ‘Iranian Option’
U.S. President Barack Obama’s policies have left an Israeli attack on Iran the only option in preventing the Muslim country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton wrote in The Washington Post Thursday.
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Israel National News 7-02-09
U.S. President Barack Obama’s policies have left an Israeli attack on Iran the only option in preventing the Muslim country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton wrote in The Washington Post Thursday.
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Israel National News 7-02-09
First US soldier captured in E. Afghanistan as US Marines launch big anti-Taliban in the south
The US military spokesperson provided no details about the missing US soldier, the first abduction in America's eight-year Afghan war, except to say that he went missing Tuesday, June 30, and every effort was being made to recover him.
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DEBKAfile 7-02-09
The US military spokesperson provided no details about the missing US soldier, the first abduction in America's eight-year Afghan war, except to say that he went missing Tuesday, June 30, and every effort was being made to recover him.
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DEBKAfile 7-02-09
Amnesty accuses Israel, Hamas of war crimes in Gaza offensive
In 117-page report, human rights claims 'high number of civilian casualties showed elements of reckless conduct,' accuses IDF forces of using Palestinians as 'human shields'; Hamas denounced for firing rockets into south Israel
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Ynet News 7-02-09
In 117-page report, human rights claims 'high number of civilian casualties showed elements of reckless conduct,' accuses IDF forces of using Palestinians as 'human shields'; Hamas denounced for firing rockets into south Israel
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Ynet News 7-02-09
'U.S. can't get Arabs to commit to normal Israel ties'
The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday.
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Haaretz 7-02-09
The U.S. administration has not been successful in securing commitments from Arab countries to take steps toward normalizing relations with Israel, a senior source in Jerusalem said Wednesday.
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Haaretz 7-02-09
FBI: Saddam told us he lied about having nukes to deter Iran
Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
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Haaretz 7-02-09
Saddam Hussein believed Iran was a significant threat to Iraq and left open the possibility that he had weapons of mass destruction rather than appear vulnerable, according to declassified FBI documents on interrogations of the former Iraqi leader.
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Haaretz 7-02-09
Barak, Mitchell remain disputed on settlements
After long meeting in Washington between defense minister, US Mideast envoy, two fail to agree on settlement freeze. Issue to be debated again when Mitchell meets PM Netanyahu in two weeks' time
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Ynet News 7-01-09
After long meeting in Washington between defense minister, US Mideast envoy, two fail to agree on settlement freeze. Issue to be debated again when Mitchell meets PM Netanyahu in two weeks' time
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Ynet News 7-01-09
Dead Sea Back in the Running for World Wonder With PA Approval
(IsraelNN.com) Four days after it was publicized that the Palestinian Authority was refusing to support the Dead Sea in the Seven Wonders of the World contest, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to join Israel and Jordan in backing the famous lake.
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Israel National News 7-01-09
(IsraelNN.com) Four days after it was publicized that the Palestinian Authority was refusing to support the Dead Sea in the Seven Wonders of the World contest, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to join Israel and Jordan in backing the famous lake.
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Israel National News 7-01-09
6 Mousavi supporters reportedly hanged
As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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Jerusalem Post 7-01-09
As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
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Jerusalem Post 7-01-09
'One Word by Pope Means 1,000s of Jews'
(IsraelNN.com) A top anti-assimilation organization says the Pope’s recent consent to “consider” revealing the names of hidden Holocaust Jewish children has led to a “flood” of requests on the topic.
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Israel National News 7-01-09
(IsraelNN.com) A top anti-assimilation organization says the Pope’s recent consent to “consider” revealing the names of hidden Holocaust Jewish children has led to a “flood” of requests on the topic.
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Israel National News 7-01-09
Top Obama advisors say time for Israel to surrender Jerusalem
A Washington-based think tank that is viewed as one of the primary sources of foreign policy advise for US President Barack Obama is recommending that Israel surrender control of Jerusalem to an international body.
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Israel Today 7-02-09
A Washington-based think tank that is viewed as one of the primary sources of foreign policy advise for US President Barack Obama is recommending that Israel surrender control of Jerusalem to an international body.
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Israel Today 7-02-09
Merkel: There must be a stop to settlement construction
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday called on Israel to end settlement construction, saying it jeopardized efforts toward a two-state solution.
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Jerusalem Post 7-02-09
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday called on Israel to end settlement construction, saying it jeopardized efforts toward a two-state solution.
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Jerusalem Post 7-02-09
‘Temporary Building Freeze” Tactic to Resume Talks with PA
The U.S. State Department has indicated that a proposed “temporary building freeze” for Jews in Judea and Samaria is aimed at bringing the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table with Israel.
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Israel National News 7-02-09
The U.S. State Department has indicated that a proposed “temporary building freeze” for Jews in Judea and Samaria is aimed at bringing the Palestinian Authority back to the negotiating table with Israel.
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Israel National News 7-02-09
Fatah, Hamas trade accusations - again
Following Fatah reports that Hamas was planning attacks against its leaders, and specifically PA President Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen], Hamas spokesman Rivhi Rantisi denied the claim in an interview with Army Radio on Thursday morning.
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Jerusalem Post 7-02-09
Following Fatah reports that Hamas was planning attacks against its leaders, and specifically PA President Mahmoud Abbas [Abu Mazen], Hamas spokesman Rivhi Rantisi denied the claim in an interview with Army Radio on Thursday morning.
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Jerusalem Post 7-02-09
Hardliners call for Mousavi to be prosecuted
Iranian parliament member among several lawmakers preparing to write to judiciary complaining about defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's activities after disputed elections says 'those who hold illegal rallies should be legally pursued'
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Ynet News 7-02-09
Iranian parliament member among several lawmakers preparing to write to judiciary complaining about defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi's activities after disputed elections says 'those who hold illegal rallies should be legally pursued'
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Ynet News 7-02-09
Policy retreat over identity cards
Alan Johnson, home secretary, has ruled out making ID cards compulsory for UK citizens, signalling a significant retreat by the government on its flagship £4.8bn national scheme.
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Financial Times 6-30-09
Alan Johnson, home secretary, has ruled out making ID cards compulsory for UK citizens, signalling a significant retreat by the government on its flagship £4.8bn national scheme.
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Financial Times 6-30-09
PA: Israel planning to expropriate another 2% of West Bank land
The Palestinian Authority this week accused Israel of planning to declare another 2 percent of the West Bank state land, thus effectively expropriating it.
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Haaretz 7-01-09
The Palestinian Authority this week accused Israel of planning to declare another 2 percent of the West Bank state land, thus effectively expropriating it.
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Haaretz 7-01-09
Iranians walk out on Peres in Astana
Carrying out their threat, the Iranian representatives staged a walkout during President Shimon Peres's keynote address at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, refusing to return as long as the Israeli leader spoke.
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Jerusalem Post 7-01-09
Carrying out their threat, the Iranian representatives staged a walkout during President Shimon Peres's keynote address at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, refusing to return as long as the Israeli leader spoke.
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Jerusalem Post 7-01-09
Iran's Karroubi rejects Ahmadinejad vote
Former parliament speaker's party's website says government emerging from disputed June 12 elections not 'legitimate' as Islamic Repulbic halts publications of party's reformist newspaper
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Ynet News 7-01-09
Former parliament speaker's party's website says government emerging from disputed June 12 elections not 'legitimate' as Islamic Repulbic halts publications of party's reformist newspaper
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Ynet News 7-01-09
EU urges Iran to avoid confrontation with West
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday said he hopes Iran's leaders will make the right choice in avoiding confrontation with the international community.
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Haaretz 7-01-09
Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on Wednesday said he hopes Iran's leaders will make the right choice in avoiding confrontation with the international community.
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Haaretz 7-01-09
Two Wonders in Heaven:
The Woman and the Dragon
For almost two thousand years, millions of Christians have prayed these familiar words: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). That prayer will literally be answered at the very end of this age, when the seventh trumpet of Revelation is sounded (Revelation 11:15), and the seventieth seven-year period prophesied by Daniel the prophet comes to an end (Daniel 7:24-27). Concerning that event the apostle John wrote: “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). Only two verses later, the twenty-four elders (a high order of angelic beings) who sat before God on their thrones worshipped, saying, “We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned” (Revelation 11:17). It would be reasonable to expect that with the return of Christ to rule over the earth, the nations of the world would rejoice. At last there will be a King who will bring peace, joy, blessing, and righteousness to the earth. But instead, the apostle John surprises his readers with the response of the nations of the world to Christ’s coming with this blunt observation: “The nations were angry” (Revelation 11:18). How shocking! How tragically shocking! For two thousand years godly men and women have prayed “Thy kingdom come.” But astonishingly, when Christ finally touches down on the earth at the end of this age, the sinful, unregenerate nations of the world will be angry. They will be characterized by defiant rage. The hostility of the nations will manifest itself in an insane attempt to fight against God and His only begotten Son. Sensitive ears can almost hear the words of King David reverberating down through the ages of time as he wrote these words of the last days: Why do the heathen (nations) rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves (with defiant determination), and the rulers take counsel together (as if in a conclave), against the LORD, and against his anointed (the Messiah), saying, Let us (the nations and rulers) break their (a reference to God and His Son) bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us (Psalm 2:1-3). The nations of the world want no bands (bonds) or cords – no interference – no divine restraint. Rather, in their spiritual blindness and rebellious spirit, they will submit instead to Satan, the Antichrist, and the forces of evil. If one feels the need for further evidence to substantiate the attitude of the nations at Christ’s coming, they need not look far afield. . .
The Woman and the Dragon
For almost two thousand years, millions of Christians have prayed these familiar words: “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). That prayer will literally be answered at the very end of this age, when the seventh trumpet of Revelation is sounded (Revelation 11:15), and the seventieth seven-year period prophesied by Daniel the prophet comes to an end (Daniel 7:24-27). Concerning that event the apostle John wrote: “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 11:15). Only two verses later, the twenty-four elders (a high order of angelic beings) who sat before God on their thrones worshipped, saying, “We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned” (Revelation 11:17). It would be reasonable to expect that with the return of Christ to rule over the earth, the nations of the world would rejoice. At last there will be a King who will bring peace, joy, blessing, and righteousness to the earth. But instead, the apostle John surprises his readers with the response of the nations of the world to Christ’s coming with this blunt observation: “The nations were angry” (Revelation 11:18). How shocking! How tragically shocking! For two thousand years godly men and women have prayed “Thy kingdom come.” But astonishingly, when Christ finally touches down on the earth at the end of this age, the sinful, unregenerate nations of the world will be angry. They will be characterized by defiant rage. The hostility of the nations will manifest itself in an insane attempt to fight against God and His only begotten Son. Sensitive ears can almost hear the words of King David reverberating down through the ages of time as he wrote these words of the last days: Why do the heathen (nations) rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves (with defiant determination), and the rulers take counsel together (as if in a conclave), against the LORD, and against his anointed (the Messiah), saying, Let us (the nations and rulers) break their (a reference to God and His Son) bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us (Psalm 2:1-3). The nations of the world want no bands (bonds) or cords – no interference – no divine restraint. Rather, in their spiritual blindness and rebellious spirit, they will submit instead to Satan, the Antichrist, and the forces of evil. If one feels the need for further evidence to substantiate the attitude of the nations at Christ’s coming, they need not look far afield. . .
