Thousands of mourners chanted “Death to Israel” and “Death to America” on Friday during the funeral of a slain nuclear expert whom Iranian officials accuse the two nations of killing in a bomb blast this week as part of a secret operation to stop Iran’s nuclear program.
World Threats: On Thursday, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland reacted to a statement by the Deputy Leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood that it would “not recognize Israel under any circumstances” with a mind-bogglingly naïve reassurance that we shouldn’t worry: “We’ve seen this press report. I would say that it is one member of [...]
The Australian: ISRAEL is preparing to shut its nuclear reactor at Dimona, where it makes nuclear weapons, because of the site’s vulnerability in a war with Iran. The decision, taken by the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and the country’s civil defence authorities, follows a realisation that the facility could be vulnerable to a missile attack. [...]
Jerusalem Post: A senior employee of the US think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) appears to have admitted in an e-mail sent from his CAP account that a blogger for the policy organization used anti-Semitic language to attack supporters of the Jewish state. CAP advises the Democratic Party on Middle East policy and is [...]
“War Games”… JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military is gearing up together with U.S. forces for a major missile defense exercise, the Israeli military announced Thursday, as tension between Iran and the international community escalates. The drill is called “Austere Challenge 12” and is designed to improve defense systems and cooperation between the U.S. and [...]
Jerusalem Post: Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will not recognize Israel “under any circumstance,” the party’s deputy leader Dr Rashad Bayoumi told Arabic daily al-Hayat in an interview publish Sunday. In recent Egyptian elections the party list led by the Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 36.3 percent of the list vote, while the ultra-conservative Salafi [...]
“By the way, you know, the reality is that we’re probably not going to be able to stop Iran from getting a bomb, the way, if that’s what they choose to do. And the way we’re going to react to it is the same way we reacted to the Soviet Union. It’s going to be [...]
JerusalemPost: Media reports on Wednesday suggested the Obama administration had developed red lines for determining when to strike militarily against Iran. American news site The Daily Beast reported that in recent weeks, Washington had taken steps to reassure Israel “that the administration had its own ‘red lines’ that would trigger military action against Iran, and [...]
Jerusalem Post: Officials say Israel working to improve ties with Turkey but can’t permit delivery of advanced intelligence-gathering systems; decision nixes $140m. deal; Elbit, IAI may face Turkish lawsuit for reneging. The diplomatic crisis with Turkey intensified on Thursday after the Defense Ministry decided not to renew an export license for Elbit Systems and Israel [...]
Washington Times: The U.S. military’s fast-approaching Dec. 31 exit from Iraq, which has no way to defend its airspace, puts Israel in a better place strategically to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iraq has yet to assemble a force of jet fighters, and since the shortest route for Israeli strike fighters to Iran is through Iraqi [...]
Israel National News: The Jerusalem District Court sentenced David Mizrachi of Kiryat Arba to three months’ community service for running over a terrorist who stabbed his wife. Mizrachi, 57, was convicted in June of serious assault as part of a plea bargain, and the sentence was handed down Tuesday. The incident took place at the [...]
Y-Net: Iranian Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi said Israel would be attacked with 150,000 missiles if it launches any military action against the Islamic Republic, the Iran Independent News Service reported Sunday. Speaking before 50,000 army volunteers in Bushehr, the minister said “Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan, if the Americans make the mistake and [...]
(Fox News) — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said ahead of a meeting Friday with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak that he would warn his Israeli counterpart about the global economic consequences of a military strike on Iran’s nuclear program, adding that he still favors sanctions and diplomacy over a strike. “To go beyond (sanctions and [...]
Y-Net: The Iranian army was set to launch an air defense drill Friday evening simulating an attack on the country’s nuclear facilities, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported. According to the regime’s mouthpiece, the four-day drill will be held in eastern Iran and stress “the characteristics of the Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine in the framework [...]
(Haaretz) — Hundreds of students on Tuesday formed a human chain around the uranium conversion plant in central Iran, in a demonstration staged by students to show that Iranians were ready to sacrifice their lives if the nuclear sites were attacked by Israel. It followed a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that [...]
Tehran Times: Brent oil prices could well hit $200 a barrel on rising political tensions in the Middle East if occupying regime of Israel makes a decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. The main worry among crude oil traders is that Israel launches a unilateral surprise attack to try to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities and [...]
Dylan Byers: On Sunday afternoon in Hawaii, Obama commented on his “hot mic” exchange with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the G20 summit, saying the exchange—in which the President complained about having to “deal” with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu “every day”—was consistent “with both private and public statements that I’ve been making to everybody over [...]
The Telegraph: Israel has refused to reassure President Barack Obama that it would warn him in advance of any pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear capabilities, raising fears that it may be planning a go-it-alone attack as early as next summer. The US leader was rebuffed last month when he demanded private guarantees that no strike [...]
