tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46137788876332315192024-02-07T23:31:12.776-05:00Americans Stand with IsraelAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2960125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-3528336398363298542013-10-26T13:43:00.001-04:002013-10-26T13:43:40.567-04:00Americans Stand with Israel has moved!! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Saturday, October 26, 2013</span></i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Good morning Friends!</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Last month I began working on a new Blog - with an entirely new program. It lacked one thing: a way to "blog" easily. And so, while working on the new site, I continued posting here, on Google's "Blogger".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">However, the Developers of the new site just opened up an <span style="font-size: large;">application</span> for bloggers - ta da! There are over 39 MILLION users, with 45,000 new people joining daily.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I never would have attempted this earlier, as it is a site best for "designers" and people far more able to understand the technology behind its capabilities.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">However, I loved those capabilities</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #37404e;"> and an opportunity to expand, and with a little help from my friend Nick, of "Apostates and Infidels", the site is ready and the Blog is available to everyone here to browse and hopefully, enjoy!</span><br /><span style="color: #37404e;">One thing I would like to share is that this new browser and its designers has a home office in Tel Aviv and that is exciting for me; to open a blog supporting Israel. (I hope it brings a smile to their faces!) They also offer "support" 24-7 and are quick to get back to you with your questions.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I only ask one favor of you today:</span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i>Please visit and "Like"</i></span><span style="color: #37404e;"> ... because I do not take criticism easily. HA HA HA!</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-47290624104028427302013-10-25T11:59:00.002-04:002013-10-25T11:59:44.957-04:00OFFICIAL WHO CLAIMED AL QAEDA 'ON THE RUN' OBAMA'S PICK TO HEAD DHS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #660000;">Remember when President Obama proclaimed that Al Qaeda was “on the run”, “decimated”, and “on the path to defeat”, much to the chagrin of the national security and intelligence communities as a whole? We may now know from whom the President received these talking points, verbiage he has used <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-touts-al-qaeda-s-demise-32-times-benghazi-attack-0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); text-decoration: none;">dozens</a> of times since the tragic attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.</span></h2>
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<span style="color: blue;">Jeh C. Johnson (pronounced “Jay”</span><span style="color: #111111;">) is set to become </span><span style="color: #990000;">Janet Napolitano’s</span><span style="color: #111111;"> successor as <i><b>Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security</b></i>. Johnson’s government service career started as General Counsel to the Air Force under former President Bill Clinton. In 2009, he was appointed by President Obama to serve as General Counsel for the Defense Department. When the legality of drone strikes on foreign soil became a heated issue, with plenty of dissidents in both right and left wing circles, the Obama administration relied heavily on Johnson to build a case suggesting there was legal precedent to continue the overseas operations. </span></div>
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Johnson would ultimately resign from DOD in December of 2012, stepping out of the public light to take a job with a top law firm in New York City. Only 10 months later, the President has recalled Johnson, <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/17/exclusive-jeh-johnson-tapped-to-lead-department-of-homeland-security.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">nominating</a> him to serve at the Department of Homeland Securities’ top post.</div>
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<span style="color: #111111;">While lauded as a “<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2012/12/06/jeh-johnson-a-hero-of-dadt-repeal-resigns/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">hero</a>” on the left for helping to repeal former President Clinton’s </span><span style="color: red;">“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”</span><span style="color: #111111;"> policy, Johnson’s tenure as General Counsel for the Defense Department was flurried with controversy. While speaking at the Oxford Union in November of 2012, Johnson told the audience</span><span style="color: red;"> “the <a href="http://www.lawfareblog.com/2012/11/jeh-johnson-speech-at-the-oxford-union/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); text-decoration: none;">core</a> of Al Qaeda is today degraded, disorganized and on the run. Osama Bin Laden is dead.”</span><span style="color: #111111;"> Johnson suggested that Al Qaeda was on the brink of collapse, declaring that there would soon come a time when<b><i> “Al Qaeda as we know it, the organization that our Congress authorized the military to pursue in 2001, has been effectively destroyed.” </i></b></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white;">Since Johnson’s speech, over <a href="http://icasualties.org/OEF/ByMonth.aspx" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">125</a> Americans have lost their lives fighting Al Qaeda and its affiliates in Afghanistan alone.</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Johnson made the case on behalf of the Obama Administration for the lawful use of targeting a <a href="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/623760-johnson-speech-to-fordham-ls.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">U.S. citizen</a> overseas </span><span style="background-color: white;">without having to give the citizen his or her due process under the law. At the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, Johnson specifically mentioned 4 methods of criteria that were “set forth in the Attorney General’s (Eric Holder) speech a year ago” that would enable the US government to terminate one of their </span><a href="http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/623760-johnson-speech-to-fordham-ls.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); background-color: white; color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">own</a><span style="background-color: white;">:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Seemingly all in <a href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/national-security/meet-jeh-johnson-drone-lawyer-and-obama-s-homeland-security-nominee-20131017" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">favor</a> of "pulling the trigger" via drone strike, Johnson conversely fervently opposes any “enhanced interrogation” methods. While asserting the righteousness for the Obama administrations reversal of former President Bush’s interrogation policy, he exclaimed, <i><b>“We banned 'enhanced interrogation techniques,' consistent with the calls of many in our country, including our own military, that great nations simply do not treat other human beings that way."</b></i> Critics of the</span><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;"> "kill, don’t capture"</span><span style="background-color: white;"> protocol have argued that terminating potential threats as opposed to bringing them in for questioning, along with the inability of exposing them to <i><b>"enhanced interrogation techniques,"</b></i> may leave the United States intelligence community at a major </span><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/30/critics-attack-obamas-defense-torture-ban/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); background-color: white; color: #0088bb; text-decoration: none;">disadvantage</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;">Largely aware of his </span><a href="http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/10/19/obamas-pick-of-major-dem-donor-for-dhs-nominee-raises-concerns-85502?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BizpacReview-TodaysStories+(BIZPAC+Review+-+Conservative+Political+News+and+Opinion)" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 85, 0); background-color: white; color: #0088bb; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px; text-decoration: none;">six-figure</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;"> donations to Democratic campaigns, Republican lawmakers have excoriated the President for appointing Johnson to such a prominent position. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: blue;">Senator John Cornyn </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;">pointedly mentioned,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="color: red;"> “We need someone who knows how to secure the border, not dial for dollars.”</span></span><span style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Senator Jeff Sessions posited his own speculation, </span><i><b><span style="background-color: white;">“It would appear that the president plans to nominate a </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">loyalist and fundraiser</span><span style="background-color: white;"> to this post.” </span></b></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">JERUSALEM (AFP) -</span></i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- </span>Israeli ministers are to meet Sunday to approve the release of a <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">second batch of Palestinian prisoners </span>under the terms of renewed peace talks, media said.<br /><br />Maariv daily said Thursday that <span style="color: #cc0000;">26 prisoners would be freed</span>, the same number as in the first tranche in August.<br /><br />Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said two days before the July 30 resumption of talks that he had "agreed to free 104 Palestinians in stages, after the start of negotiations and according to progress."<br /><br />Since the August release, Netanyahu's office has made no statement on a second round.<br /><br />Maariv said the next handover would take place on Tuesday.<br /><br />The European Union's mission to Israel told AFP that envoys of the Middle East Quartet group would meet the same day in Jerusalem.<br /><br />Israeli public radio said that in tandem with confirming the prisoner release, Israeli authorities would announce a new swathe of settler housing to be built in the occupied West Bank or annexed east Jerusalem.<br /><br />It did not specify how many homes or where.<br /><br />An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said in a text message Thursday evening that such continued construction was part of "understandings" reached with the Palestinians and the Americans ahead of the renewal of talks.<br /><br />"Israel will continue in the coming months to announce building in the settlement blocs and in Jerusalem," he wrote.<br /><br />"Both the Americans and the Palestinians were aware in advance of these understandings."<br /><br />The last direct talks collapsed in September 2010 over continued Jewish settlement building in the occupied West Bank<br /><br />In August, Israeli authorities approved the construction of more than 2,000 settlement units in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. That came just days before a round of direct bilateral talks, leading the Palestinians to warn that the fledgling process was in danger of collapse.<br /><br />Israeli media also said Thursday that military forensics experts would begin DNA testing next month on relatives of at least 30 Palestinians killed over the years in attacks on Israelis, with a view to returning their remains where a match was found.<br /><br />Public radio said the move was unrelated to the peace talks and was in response to a petition by the families to the Supreme Court.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-65029083321831437562013-10-25T09:25:00.000-04:002013-10-25T09:25:32.691-04:00Exclusive: Germany, Brazil Turn to U.N. to Restrain American Spies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/24/exclusive_germany_brazil_turn_to_un_to_restrain_american_spies" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/24/exclusive_germany_brazil_turn_to_un_to_restrain_american_spies</a><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;" /><a href="http://euobserver.com/news/121895" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/news/121895</a><br /><a href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-has-lavabits-back-contempt-court-appe" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-has-lavabits-back-contempt-court-appe</a><br /><a href="http://euobserver.com/justice/121892" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/justice/121892</a><br /><a href="https://rally.stopwatching.us/statement-by-edward-snowden/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #2e57aa; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://rally.stopwatching.us/statement-by-edward-snowden/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stripes.com/merkel-us-spying-has-shattered-allies-trust-1.248805">http://www.stripes.com/merkel-us-spying-has-shattered-allies-trust-1.248805</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/nsa-leaks-us-bugging-european-allies">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/30/nsa-leaks-us-bugging-european-allies</a><br />
<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/germany-france-nsa-spying-merkel-hollande-eu">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/25/germany-france-nsa-spying-merkel-hollande-eu</a><br />
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Brazil and Germany today joined forces to press for the adoption of a U.N. General Resolution that promotes the right of privacy on the internet, marking the first major international effort to restrain the National Security Agency's intrusions into the online communications of foreigners, according to diplomatic sources familiar with the push.</div>
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The effort follows a German claim that the American spy agency may have tapped the private telephone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and dozens of other world leaders. It also comes about one month after Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff <a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/24/dilma_blasts_us_spies_as_international_crooks" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">denounced NSA espionage against her country</a> as "a breach of international law" in a General Assembly speech and proposed that the U.N. establish legal guidelines to prevent "cyberspace from being used as a weapon of war."</div>
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Brazilian and German diplomats met in New York today with a small group of Latin American and European governments to consider a draft resolution that calls for expanding privacy rights contained in the International Covenant Civil and Political Rights to the online world. The draft does not refer to a flurry of American spying revelations that have caused a political uproar around the world, particularly in Brazil and Germany. But it was clear that the revelation provided the political momentum to trigger today's move to the United Nations. The <a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/10/nsa_veterans_the_white_house_is_hanging_us_out_to_dry" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">blowback from the NSA leaks</a>continues to agonize U.S. diplomats and military officials concerned about America's image abroad.</div>
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"This is an example of the very worst aspects of the Snowden disclosures," a former defense official with deep experience in NATO, told <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Cable</i>, referring to former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. "It will be very difficult for the US to dig out of this, although we will over time. The short term costs in credibility and trust are enormous."</div>
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Although the U.N.'s ability to fundamentally constrain the NSA is nil, the <a href="http://killerapps.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/22/nsa_spying_france_secret_documents" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #003366; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">mounting international uproar over U.S. surveillance</a> has security experts fearful for the ramifications.</div>
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"The worst case scenario I think would be having our European allies saying they will no longer share signals intelligence because of a concern that our SigInt is being derived from mechanisms that violate their privacy rules," said Ray Kimball, an army strategist with policy experience on European issues. He stressed that he was not speaking for the military. <a href="http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/24/exclusive_germany_brazil_turn_to_un_to_restrain_american_spies"> READ MORE HERE</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-78431322964621570802013-10-24T21:37:00.002-04:002013-10-24T21:41:05.467-04:00BREAKING: Experts' Report: Iran Could Have a Nuclear Bomb Within a Month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Bee's note: Israeli News has just published the following report on Iran. This will explain the urgency and focus of this blogger on the "talks" the Obama administration is having with Iran and the "behind the scenes" stalling by the Iranian government.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to build a nuclear bomb in as little as a month, according to a new estimate by the Institute for Science and International <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">Security</span> (ISIS), considered one of the United States’ top nuclear experts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ISIS made the estimate in a new report published on Thursday by<em>USA Today</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"Shortening breakout times have implications for any negotiation with Iran," stated the report. "An essential finding is that they are currently too short and shortening further."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David Albright, president of the institute and a former inspector for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said the estimate means that Iran would have to eliminate more than half its 19,000 centrifuges to extend the time it would take to build a bomb to six months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Obama administration has said <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172527" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Iran is probably a year away</a> from having enough enriched uranium to make a bomb. Requests for comment on the ISIS report from the National Security Council and the State Department were not answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the report, Albright said negotiations with Iran should focus on so-called "breakout" times, or the time required to convert low-enriched uranium to weapons-grade, according to <em>USA Today</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Albright, who has testified before Congress, said the negotiators should try to find ways to lengthen the breakout times and shorten the time that inspectors could detect breakout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">ISIS' analysis is based on the latest Iranian and United Nations reports on Iran's centrifuge equipment for producing nuclear fuel and its nuclear fuel stockpiles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium has nearly doubled in a year's time and its number of centrifuges has expanded from 12,000 in 2012 to 19,000 today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Senator Mark Kirk, an Illinois Republican whose Senate Banking Committee is <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172905" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">considering legislation to tighten Iran sanctions</a>, said the report shows that Iran is expanding its nuclear capabilities under the cover of negotiations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The Senate should move forward immediately with a new round of sanctions to prevent Iran from acquiring an undetectable breakout capability," he told <em>USA Today</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The White House has said new sanctions legislation should wait while current negotiations - scheduled to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">resume</span> officially in Geneva next month - are moving forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his country has no interest in nuclear weapons but that producing nuclear fuel is Iran's right. His foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said Iran will not ship its nuclear stockpile to a third country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On Wednesday it was reported that a prominent Iranian lawmaker <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/173156" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">has claimed</a> that Tehran does not need any more 20 percent-enriched uranium.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The comments come a week after Iranian negotiators met with<span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">representatives</span> of the so-called P5+1 - the United States, China, Russia,<span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">France</span>, Britain and Germany.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">During the two-day session in Geneva, the first round of talks between the sides since the election of Rouhani, <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172869" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Iran presented</a> what it described as a breakthrough proposal that would include snap inspections of its atomic sites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The proposal <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172899" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">was described by the White House</a> as "useful". White House spokesman Jay Carney said it showed a "level of seriousness and substance that we have not seen before." Western negotiators described the talks as the most detailed and serious to date.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">ISIS estimated in October of 2012 that Iran could produce enough highly enriched uranium for a bomb within 2-4 months. The new estimate is based on an analysis of the latest reports by Iran and the IAEA.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Iran has refused to give the IAEA access to sites, documents and scientists involved in what the agency suspects <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/159256" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">were efforts</a>, mostly in the past but possibly ongoing, to develop </span><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">nuclear weapons.</span></i></b><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-9983182673721757002013-10-24T21:25:00.001-04:002013-10-24T21:26:34.571-04:00Quietly, Israel and the Gulf States Draw Closer Together<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have fueled renewed speculation of behind-the-scenes links between Israel and the Gulf monarchies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Netanyahu, </span>speaking at the UN, said that<b> “the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran and the emergence of other threats in our region have led many of our Arab neighbors to recognize, finally recognize, that Israel is not their enemy.”</b></div>
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He added: “This affords us the opportunity to overcome the historic animosities and build new relationships, new friendships, new hopes.”</div>
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There have been subsequent rumors of visits by senior Gulf officials to Israel, to discuss matters of common interest.</div>
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While it is difficult to acquire details of these contacts at the present time, it is a near certainty that they exist, on one level or another. <b>Conversations with Israeli officials suggest that much is happening behind the scenes.</b></div>
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Israel and the key states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (most importantly, Saudi Arabia) share core views on the nature of key regional processes currently underway, and their desired outcome. These commonalities have existed for some time, and it is likely that the contacts are themselves not all that new.</div>
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There are three areas in which Israel and the countries of the GCC (with the exception of Qatar) are on the same page.</div>
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They are: the urgency of the threat represented by the prospect of a nuclear Iran, the danger represented by the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood over the last two years, and the perception that the United States fails to understand the urgency of these threats and, as a result, is acting in a naive and erroneous way on both.</div>
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On the Iranian nuclear issue, Riyadh is deeply troubled by the current Iranian ‘charm offensive’ and its apparent effects on the west. Most importantly, the Saudis fear the prospect of a nuclear Iran, which could force Riyadh and the Gulf states to bend to its will, in return for guaranteeing the flow of oil through the Straits of Hormuz, and avoiding direct encroachment on their sources of energy.</div>
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<b>Saudi Arabia faces Iran, directly across the Gulf.</b> It is a far more fragile construction than its Shia, Persian neighbor. Over the decades, Riyadh and the other Gulf states sought to balance Iranian encroachment of this type through alliance with the U.S.</div>
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<b>But the U.S. no longer seems such a reliable ally</b>. So new strong and like-minded friends are needed.</div>
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On the Muslim Brotherhood, the Saudis feared the spread of this movement across the region, and were infuriated by the role of Qatar in supporting its successes in recent years.</div>
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Israel, too, was deeply concerned at the prospect of a new alliance of Sunni Islamist states, with AKP-led Turkey and Morsi’s Egypt chief among them.</div>
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Over the past year, the advance of the Muslim Brothers has been halted and partially reversed. In Tunisia and Egypt, the MB administrations have gone. Qatar has a new, less activist emir. The Muslim Brothers and Qatar have grown weaker among the Syrian rebels.</div>
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Saudi Arabia has been responsible for some of this, through financial support and political action. It has welcomed all of it. So has Israel.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b>On the U.S.: </b>the Saudis think that the current U.S. administration is hopelessly naive on the Middle East. </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">They were shocked at the abandonment of <span style="color: red;">Hosni Mubarak</span> of Egypt in 2011.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <b>They are equally vexed at the current indications of American and Western willingness to lift some sanctions against <span style="color: red;">Iran</span> in return for cosmetic concessions that would leave the core of Teheran’s nuclear program intact.</b></span></div>
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The Saudis were the first to congratulate General Abd al-Fatah al Sissi following his military coup in early July. They are utterly dismayed by the current U.S. withholding of part of Washington’s package of military aid to Cairo because of what the U.S. regards as the insufficiently speedy transition back to elections in Egypt.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Again, Israel shares these perspectives. </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The absence of American leadership may well be the key factor in causing Israel and the Gulf states to draw closer.</span></div>
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On the face of it, any alliance between Jewish Israel and Salafi Saudi Arabia might appear an absurdity. Israel is a liberal democracy and a Jewish state. Saudi Arabia is a repressive absolute monarchy, based on a particular Salafi Muslim outlook which is deeply anti-Jewish and anti-Christian in nature.</div>
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This ideology is not a dead letter for the Saudis. Rather, they invest heavily in spreading their particular rigid form of Islam in the west and elsewhere. Their media and education system are rife with anti-Jewish prejudice.</div>
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But a clear distinction is made by the Saudis between the world of ideology/media/culture and the realm of <em>raison d’etat. </em> Hence, there is no reason to think they would not be able to publicly vilify Israel, while maintaining off the radar links with it against more immediate enemies.</div>
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In this regard, it is worth remembering the <i><b><span style="color: red;">Wikileaks</span></b></i> revelation of remarks made in private by Saudi King Abdullah to <span style="color: blue;">American General David Petraeus</span> in <b><i>April, 2008,</i></b> in which he recommended military action against the Iranian nuclear program. The king referred to Iran as the <span style="color: red;">“head of the snake,”</span> which should be cut off. No similarly venomous remarks on Israel were quoted from the conversation, which took place far from the public eye.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Of course the common interests only go so far. </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Saudi Arabia supports Salafi Islamist forces in both Syria and Egypt. Saudi money finds its way to Salafi elements among the Palestinians. <i><b> But the areas of commonality are on issues of cardinal importance to both countries.</b></i></span></div>
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The de facto, unseen alliance between Israel, Saudi Arabia and the GCC countries is one of the most intriguing structures currently emerging amid the whirling chaos of the Middle East.</div>
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<em><small><a href="http://jonathanspyer.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Jonathan Spyer</a> is a senior research fellow at the <a href="http://www.gloria-center.org/author/jonathanspyer/" style="font-weight: bold;">Global Research in International Affairs</a> (GLORIA) Center, and a fellow at <a href="http://www.meforum.org/" style="color: #944c14; font-weight: bold;">the Middle East Forum</a>. He is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1441166637/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1441166637&linkCode=as2&tag=pjmedia-20" style="font-weight: bold;">The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict</a> (Continuum, 2011).</small></em></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">JERUSALEM —</span></i></b><span style="font-size: large;"> It’s not only <span style="color: #990000;">Saudi Arabia.</span> Now major U.S. allies <span style="color: #990000;">Turkey and Qatar</span> are discussing developing closer relations<span id="more-27082" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span> with Russia at the expense of America, according to informed Middle Eastern security officials.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">In a shocking development, the security officials further said Qatar and Turkey are leading secret talks to study the possibility of renewing relations with foes Syria and Iran </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">in response to President Obama opening dialogue with Tehran over the nuclear file.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Qatar and Turkey, along with Saudi Arabia, were deeply involved in supporting the insurgency targeting <span style="color: #990000;">Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s</span> regime. Those countries are said to be some of the biggest opponents to Iran’s alleged nuclear aspirations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">According to the security officials speaking to KleinOnline, Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are disappointed with Obama’s reproach toward Iran and what they view as a U.S. failure to act militarily in Syria.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, the <span style="color: #990000;">Jerusalem Post</span> reported Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief,<span style="color: blue;"> Prince Bandar bin Sultan,</span> said his country will make a<b> “major shift” </b>away from its relationship with the United States in protest over Obama’s dialogue with Iran and inaction in Syria.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">- See more at:</span></b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2013/10/23/now-turkey-qatar-bail-on-obama-irans-biggest-enemies-have-change-of-heart-following-u-s-reproachment/#sthash.UVWp0EYJ.dpuf">http://kleinonline.wnd.com/2013/10/23/now-turkey-qatar-bail-on-obama-irans-biggest-enemies-have-change-of-heart-following-u-s-reproachment/#sthash.UVWp0EYJ.dpuf</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #141823;">"Yesterday marked the </span><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">30th Anniversary</span></b><span style="color: #141823;"> of an Iran-Led Attack on an American peacekeeping force in Lebanon.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The families of <b>241 Americans who died</b>, as well as those who survived, the Marine Corps, Secure America Now, and others recognize the sacrifice of these Americans, those who died and those injured.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>And we remember that Iran planned and executed this terrorist attack.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Sadly, the White House and the Department of Defense, deliberately failed to recognize Iran's central role in the attack against the United States. The</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;"> Obama Administration</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> neglects to consider the fact that t</span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">he commander of the 1983 attack is now serving as Iran's Defense Minister.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Moreover Iran's radical Islamic regime -- which funded and executed the attack -- is still in power. <b>Learn more about Iran's 30+ Year War Against America.</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Why did the Obama Administration </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">"forget"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> Iran's role?</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">The Obama Administration wants to cut a foolish deal with Iran -- whereby </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">the United States eases economic pressures on Iran, and allows Iran to continue pursuing its nuclear program.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">By <b>distorting the history of the 1983</b> state-sponsored terror attack, the Obama Administration wishes to <b>conceal the true threat of Iran and give false comfort to Americans.</b> Iran gladly accepts the ploy, as it encourages America's enemies to continue their charge." -- by Tony Attanasio</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-size: large;">Once again, as I mentioned<a href="http://americansstandwithisrael.blogspot.com/2013/10/kerry-did-not-convince-netanyahu.html"> earlier today</a>, the Obama administration does whatever necessary to hide, conceal, and change history, to cover up the deeds of America's enemies. I believe in doing so, this amounts to treason, as the Oath of Office is to protect these United States, under the US Constitution. Perhaps one day someone will explain (excuse) why our leaders prefer to ignore the policies of an administration that place America in "harm's way". Iran's hatred towards Israel is matched by its hatred towards the "Big Satan" - the United States. As you look at photos of the 1983 bombing, ask yourself if these are lessons "unlearned".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #134f5c;">The following news report translation from Hebrew. Sometime it is better to go to the source, rather than the usual US English news stands to understand what our allies are saying: and PM Netanyahu is saying to Kerry: </span><i><span style="color: #741b47;">"You have got to be kidding me!" </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">An Israeli friend wrote this morning: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">"Following Netanyahu's talks with Kerry, Kerry did not convince Netanyahu.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b>Again we are alone with the troubles of existence.</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">I think that next to the question "Is the nucleus for the need of peace, or for something atrocious". </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">There is another question that arises, <b>"Is the question of existence of our people, will never end?,,"</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">How can this be?</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Is a half-life of the Jewish people, depending on insanity of Muslims now?" --</span></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #741b47; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 18px;">Ron</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-size: large;">Obviously, from Ron's point of view (the same as PM Netanyahu's), and from the British and Saudi's views, and from many within our own Congress, the Obama administration is walking on thin ice in its attempts to "diplomatically" befriend Iran, while not demanding total stoppage of Iran's goal to obtain nuclear weapons.</span> </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Among nations, I do not know of any that work as closely together as Israel does with the United States. To most Israelis, they would rather cut off their right arm before offending the U.S. Israel is the "stabilizer</span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">" in the Middle East surrounded by the hotbed of flames of war among the Arab nations and at its borders. </span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">My response to Ron is this: </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">"May this be the deciding moment for Israel and PM Netanyahu. Unlike WWII, Israelis are not standing before the boxcar trains, awaiting to be sent to their deaths. Today, we have our "Chamberlains" and those who do not see beyond their noses, to understand the dangers of a "nuclear" Iran. </span><span style="font-size: large;">However, Israel's contributions to the world, through its technology, science, medical discoveries, agriculture, and its Intelligence has no need to consider itself "alone" in respects to their ability to protect its nation and its citizens.</span><span style="font-size: large;">We, who support Israel, may not have the "power" to influence our own politicians to do what is right (until we get to the voting booths), but understanding the threat to the world by a nuclear Iran is enough to recognize that Israel must do whatever is necessary to prevent that from happening - with or without this administration's support.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: large;">Israel has defined the Enemy! The United States has been hiding the Enemy, from Ft. Hood to Syria, removing all traces of the traits of our Enemy, by erasing its description in ALL federal Intelligence manuals. We speak smooth words about "tolerance", while our Enemies are plotting their next 9/11. We talk about "diplomacy" with the very enemies who are rushing to obtain the "Bomb" in order to become the greatest tyrant/dictator of the entire Middle East and world. Iran will make North Korea look like a child, compared to the insanity of Iran's leaders. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If our leaders cannot visualize this, or comprehend the threats, then may God help us all. If my friend Ron is correct and "Israel is alone", than Israel has every right to defend its nation from the threat of being 'wiped off the map'.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"> I agree with Joyce Kaufman (video):</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #990000;">The New York Times reports that conversation yesterday in Rome, Secretary of State Kerry failed to convince Netanyahu to ease the demands complete dismantlement of a nuclear Iran</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333;">U.S. Secretary of State, </span><span style="color: blue;">John Kerry</span><span style="color: #333333;">, failed to persuade </span><span style="color: blue;">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</span><span style="color: #333333;"> to ease the demands complete dismantling of Iran's nuclear capability - so reports </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">New York Times</span><span style="color: #333333;">. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">During their meeting in Rome Secretary of State Kerry tried to calm Netanyahu and said that the Obama administration driving carefully in negotiations with Iran. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"Better not be an agreement at all bad agreement," Kerry said, "However, if the problem can be solved diplomatically, it is of course better."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">According to the report, Kerry's words convinced Netanyahu, who said that there is no compromise in negotiations with Tehran and insisted that Iran fully decompose its nuclear capability. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333;">The two leaders met yesterday in </span><span style="color: #990000;">Rome</span><span style="color: #333333;"> and <i><b>talked for more than seven hours </b></i>on the latest developments in the negotiations with Tehran. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Netanyahu returned to Israel this morning. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333;">According to the report, apart from Israel, the United States is now facing criticism from ally </span><span style="color: #990000;">Saudi Arabia.</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No recent visits to Paris and London, <i><b>Kerry was forced to deny that the United States Saudi Arabia debated the U.S. policy in Iran, Egypt and Syria.</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In closed meetings with Western diplomats, as well as official statements Saudi officials transferred criticized the conduct of the United States by the events in the Middle East. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saudi officials have made it clear that they do not approve of the American abstention from helping rebels in Syria fighting President Assad. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, l<i><b>ike Israel, Saudi Arabia is not interested in negotiations leading to a settlement with Iran.</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #333333;">Meanwhile, </span><span style="color: blue;">British Ambassador Matthew Gould,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> said that Israel is not alone in dealing with Iran. </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">"I understand the British Parliament voted against Syria attack caused concern in Israel, but Iran is a different matter," Gold said at a meeting of the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #990000; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jerusalem Post</span><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; border: 0px; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Iranian nuclear development will lead to an arms race, which will affect the whole world."</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838353520416383431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613778887633231519.post-88901330456536410742013-10-23T21:08:00.000-04:002013-10-23T21:08:07.531-04:00Iran stalls, centrifuges spin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">First the Iranian foreign ministry learned how to tweet; now we are told their negotiators are using PowerPoint. Can peace in our time be far off?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">That's the mindset of many eager in the media to help the administration paint a picture of progress at the nuclear arms talks just concluded in Geneva, Switzerland. In fact, in the words of an official of a pro-Israel organization, </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b>"Nothing — nothing has changed."</b></span><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b>Iran is still enriching, the centrifuges are spinning and Iran is still insisting it has a "right" to enrich and has no nuclear arms program. As the official put it, </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b><i>"This isn't the first time we've seen this rodeo." </i></b></span><span style="background-color: white;">The regime has spent all of Obama's first term and some of George W. Bush's talking, but not deviating one iota from its nuclear weapons plans.</span></div>
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<strong>The mullahs have "offered" a freeze on current enrichment for a period of time </strong>and a reduction in its existing stockpile in exchange for lifting all sanctions. This is preposterous in as much as it leaves Iran with a short "breakout" capacity of a few months or less and relief from sanctions. Critics of U.S. policy were emphatic about the need for Congress to act. Cliff May of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies told me, "Congress and the administration should move ahead immediately to ratchet up the sanctions pressure. Doing so may push Iran dangerously close to the economic edge. And that, in turn, might make clear to Iran's rulers that it will require serious concessions — not smiles and empty rhetoric about <span style="color: red;"><i><b>'trust-building' </b></i></span>— to save their regime." He adds, "Failing that, only the use of military force will stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability — with all consequences that implies."</div>
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Indeed, State Department negotiator <span style="color: blue;">Wendy Sherman</span> testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee recently that if the administration didn't get results, it would urge Congress to move ahead. Since there are no actions that would constitute proof of Iran's willingness to give up its stockpile and dismantle its program, shouldn't Sherman be heading for the Hill to demand lawmakers squeeze the mullahs further, blocking Iran's access to banking and to U.S. dollars? Don't hold your breath.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><strong>A former official who believes the administration's approach is misguided e-mailed me: </strong>"It would be useful if House and Senate did something to stiffen admin's spine. I am afraid [Sherman] will negotiate from the Iranian offer, and they will get far more than half a loaf. </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i><b>What the Iranians appear to have offered allows them to keep their whole program and all their enriched uranium."</b></i></span></div>
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Judging from bipartisan letters and comments before the Geneva meeting, there is a good chance Congress will act. A senior Senate aide involved in previous sanctions legislation told me, "The supreme leader saw nothing but Western weakness in Geneva, and so he's probably feeling pretty good right now about his chances of getting a nuclear weapons capability. That feeling will fade fast because the strength and will of the U.S. Senate is about to send his regime into economic ruin. Most senators are ready to take sanctions to a 10 — now."</div>
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<strong>The administration likes to use buzz words — "workmanlike," "productive," etc. — </strong>to describe these talks. But the only workmen are in the nuclear weapons facility, and the production going on is more and more enriched uranium. The former U.S. official suggests that for starters a full and total acknowledgment of Iran's previous nuclear weapons program would demonstrate some change of heart. That has yet to happen. The administration seems eager to be conned; Congress will need to be the voice of realism. Otherwise, it seems inevitable that Israel will act militarily sooner rather than later.</div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000; font-size: large;"><b><i>Bee's note: </i></b> </span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;">Earlier, I posted a brief video of PM Netanyahu meeting with Kerry in Rome today. One of their key topics to be discussed will be Iran. This report should eliminate any questions one may have about Israel's seriousness of preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.</span> </span><br />
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<i><b>"Looking at the all the challenges before us, there is no doubt Iran is the single greatest challenge,"</b></i> Ya'alon said.</div>
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"Given the diplomatic channel that has opened following elections there, both the prime minister and I have expressed publicly our concern that <i><b>some people will be seduced by the regime's charm offensive </b></i>and relent. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">This is a regime that for the last 20 years we have witnessed how well it knows how to lie, cheat and mislead the West.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #413f43;"><b>"Our position is very clear</b>. What we see now in Iran, both the political change and the change in its willingness to conduct negotiations with the</span><span style="color: blue;"> United States </span><span style="color: #413f43;">stem from the effective economic pressure brought to bear on the regime. This led Iran's supreme leader to the conclusion that in order to survive he must speak with the Americans. He has been forced to make several concessions on Iran's nuclear program, but Iran's intention is not to give up its nuclear option. They are working toward retaining an independent enrichment capability. This is not acceptable to us, because this is a way to mislead and cheat as they have done in the past.</span></div>
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"Therefore our position is that in order to ease the sanctions it is necessary to demand from the Iranians to give up their independent enrichment capability, the plutonium capability that they developed recently and to give up the material they have accumulated.<i><b> If they need a civilian nuclear program to generate energy, despite all the oil and gas they have, then the West will provide for their energy needs.</b></i> If it is for energy purposes, then the West will provide the materials they need.</div>
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"We hope that the diplomatic channel, along with sanctions, will [stop Iran's nuclear program]. But<i><b> ultimately we need to be prepared to defend ourselves, by ourselves, as we always say.</b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #413f43;"><b>"The other issue we are following is</b> </span><span style="color: blue;">Syria</span><span style="color: #413f43;">. Syria has agreed, under international pressure, to give up its chemical weapons. So far, the regime is adhering to its commitments. The test is the final result. Will it try to hide or retain some of its chemical weapons? Time will tell. We continue to follow events and to adhere to our red lines regarding Syria. </span><i><b><span style="color: #413f43;">We will not allow the transfer of high-quality weapons from Syria to hostile forces, particularly </span><span style="color: red;">Hezbollah</span></b></i><span style="color: #413f43;">. We will not allow the transfer of chemical weapons, which there has been no attempt so far to transfer. And certainly we will not tolerate any disruption of our sovereignty in the Golan Heights. If this happens, as it did recently, we shoot back and destroy the source of fire. In the most recent case it was a Syrian mortar.</span></div>
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"The Syrian civil war continues. There is a slight drop in intensity but it is a drop from 1,000 dead per week to 600 dead. I believe that in the near future there will be no political solution in Syria. One of the noticeable phenomena is the spreading influence of the global jihad movement. They have spread to Lebanon, including the firing of a rocket by a global jihad group at Israel two months ago. There is also the war in the Sinai at present against such groups.</div>
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<span style="color: #413f43;">"Regarding the </span><span style="color: red;">Palestinian arena</span><span style="color: #413f43;">, I will say in brief that t<i><b>here is a wave of terror attacks</b></i>, even if this is not the start of a third intifada. But this wave may originate in personal or criminal motives that become nationalistic. A robbery can easily turn into the murder of a Jew, or to steal a little girl's bicycle by stabbing her with a knife. This is unacceptable.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #413f43;"><b>"Some of the attacks are definitely nationalistically motivated. </b>Like the </span><span style="color: red;">bulldozer attack</span><span style="color: #413f43;"> or the attempt to kidnap a soldier and ultimately his murder, or shooting in Hebron. All these incidents together definitely constitute a wave. But we don't see any momentum behind it or any group behind it. <i><b>But definitely at its basis is incitement in the </b></i></span><span style="color: red;"><i>Palestinian Authorit<b>y </b></i></span><span style="color: #413f43;"><i><b>which we have been pointing out for a while</b></i>. Unfortunately the incitement has not changed despite the negotiations.</span></div>
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"In addition, there is a failure to condemn and there is public endorsement of these attacks. We view all of this with concern and are prepared for an escalation even though this is not our forecast. But we are working to get to the bottom of each one of these incidents. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">For instance, yesterday morning, we found the last wanted suspect from the bus attack in Tel Aviv during the Pillar of Defense operation in November 2012.</span> We finally tracked him down. He opened fire, and was killed in the confrontation with our soldiers. <b><i>This will continue to be our way: to act with determination against terror."</i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">The US media normally does not report news that may "upset" the Washington administration and so, The Washington Post's report is quite unusual, as it actually disclosed Turkey's betrayal of intelligence information.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #413f43; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><br />Turkey's intelligence chief Hakan Fidan is poised to convince Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to revoke a series of agreements with Israel that allow the Mossad to operate freely on Turkish soil, Turkish newspaper </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Yeni Safak</span><span style="color: #413f43; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">, which is affiliated with Ankara's governing AKP party, reported Tuesday.</span></div>
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Senior Turkish columnist Abdulkadir Selvi said in the report that the agreements between Israel and Turkey were "signed at a time when Turkey's democratically elected government did not have full control over the country's territory." He added that Fidan was seeking to revoke the agreements over the changes in circumstances.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Syrian Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil </span><span style="color: #362f2d;">says countries that have participated in Syria’s crisis must compensate for the destruction they have brought to the Arab country.<i><b>“We must not forget that Syria is a country rich in resources. Clearly, however, after all this destruction, its own resources are insufficient for reconstruction. Thus, one must mobilize private funds and additional resources, including form of compensation. It is natural that countries that have destroyed Syria must compensate,” </b></i>Jamil said in an interview with the Russian TV channel Russia Today (RT) on Monday.The Syrian deputy prime minister pointed the finger at </span><span style="color: #990000;">Turkey</span><span style="color: #362f2d;">, accusing the country of looting Syria’s industrial hub, Aleppo.</span></div>
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He further noted that corrupt figures who subsequently became representatives of foreign-backed opposition groups will also have to pay for post-conflict reconstruction.</div>
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Jamil said that the issue of compensation by the states, which have played a role in the destruction of the Middle Eastern country, will be one of the priority themes at the upcoming Geneva II conference.</div>
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Western and Arab governments prepare to meet Syrian opposition leaders on Tuesday in London to persuade them to attend Geneva II.</div>
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The Geneva II conference is seen as a chance to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria. The event has been delayed for months.</div>
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<span style="color: #362f2d;">The Syrian government has said that it will participate in the talks, but will not negotiate with </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><i>“terrorists.”</i></b></span></div>
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Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since 2011. According to reports, the Western powers and their regional allies — especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey — are supporting the militants operating inside Syria.</div>
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According to the United Nations, more than 100,000 people have been killed and millions displaced in the violence.</div>
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A bad deal is worse than no deal, if it leaves Iran with the capacity to produce nuclear weapons, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned US Secretary of State John Kerry before the two met met together in Rome on Wednesday.</div>
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“I think a partial deal that leaves Iran with these capabilities is a bad deal,” Netanyahu said.</div>
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Their conversation was expected to focus in part on a perceived strategic difference between them with regard to disarming Iran’s nuclear weapons program.</div>
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Israel believes that the international community must continue to pressure Iran economically until its dismantles is nuclear weapons facilities and removes enriched uranium from the country. It fears that the US and other world powers would ease financial pressure against Iran in exchange for an agreement with Tehran in which it would curb but not halt its program.</div>
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“Iran must not have a nuclear weapons capability, which means that they shouldn’t have centrifuges or enrichment,” Netanyahu said.</div>
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“They shouldn’t have a plutonium heavy water plant, which is used only for nuclear weapons. They should get rid of the advanced fissile material and they shouldn’t have underground nuclear facilities, underground for one reason – for military purposes,” he said.</div>
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Netanyahu urged Kerry to apply the principles he used with regard to Syrian chemical weapons with Iran. The US refused to accept a partial deal with Iran, the way it did with Syria, Netanyahu said.</div>
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Israel and the US both want a peaceful end to Iran’s nuclear weapons program, Netanyahu said and added that the best way to achieve that was with continued financial pressure.</div>
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“I think it’ll be a tragic mistake to stop right before that goal is realized. And I look forward to discussing this issue with you,” Netanyahu said.</div>
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Netanyahu noted that he and Kerry spoke almost every other day about Iran and the renewed Israeli Palestinian peace process.</div>
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Peace with the Palestinians he said is based on their recognition of Israel as the Jewish state for the Jewish people and on their acceptance of Israel’s security needs.</div>
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“I think these are the two twin pillars for peace and I look forward to discussing how we can advance both goals in our discussions today and undoubtedly our discussions tomorrow as well,” Netanyahu said.</div>
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Kerry said that with regard to Tehran, US’s eyes were “wide open” and that it was “vital” for any Iranian nuclear energy program to live up to the standards of other similar international programs.</div>
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“We will need to know that actions are being taken which make it crystal clear, undeniably clear, fail-safe to the world that whatever program is pursued is indeed a peaceful program,” Kerry said.</div>
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“No deal is better than a bad deal but if this can be solved satisfactorily diplomatically it is clearly better for everyone,” Kerry said.</div>
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IAF warplanes attacked a shipment of advanced <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">missiles </span>that Syria was transferring to<span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">Hezbollah</span>, according to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Jareeda. The attack took place on Monday.</div>
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An official source in Jerusalem reportedly <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">confirmed</span> the attack took place but did not say where. The missiles were reportedly "long range and accurate" ones.</div>
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That was the fifth known Israeli attack this year on Syrian weapons bound for Hezbollah. Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad reportedly wants to send the weapons to Hezbollah for safekeeping, out of fears they will <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">fall</span> into the hands of the rebels forces fighting him inside Syria, whilst the Iranian-backed terrorist group seeks "game changing weapons" – such as anti-aircraft missiles – in exchange for its costly intervention in the Syrian civil war on behalf of the Syrian regime.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kuwait reports : IDF attacked Lebanon weapons Truck</span></b></span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">According to the report the truck was carrying " advanced missiles " designated Hezbollah. Israel made it clear in the past that will not allow the transfer of arms " breaker " Shiite organization</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Kuwait reports : Israeli source says IDF jets bombed yesterday (Monday) , which was designated shipping arms to Syria for Hezbollah . According to the</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> report , the shipment included only one truck and attacked result given " advanced missiles " in favor of Hezbollah .<br />According to the report , Hezbollah host the most advanced weapons in the Bekaa Valley , the newspaper said Defense Minister Ya'alon said that Israel Her mind is to attack the missiles that are already stored by Hezbollah and Lebanon Valley .<br /><br />Recently been many reports on the IDF's air operations over Lebanon . Networks reported that four Arab fighters entered Lebanon's airspace and were accompanied by a UAV . However, the Kuwaiti newspaper was not informed whether the assault occurred on Syrian soil or on Lebanese soil . In addition, the reports referred to the alleged incident that occurred on Tuesday , compared to the current report relates to an incident on Monday.<br /><br />January, Arab media reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out an attack in the border of Lebanon and Syria , probably against a convoy of weapons , on concern that Hezbollah will take weapons and chemical weapons from Syria . A security official told AFP that attacked arms convoy crossed the border from Syria to Lebanon .<br /><br />In May this year , Israeli officials have confirmed to the news agency AP . According to the Syrian air force bombed the delivery of advanced missiles , which was intended for Hezbollah. According to the same sources , the attack took place on Friday morning and focused on the destruction of weapons ' tiebreaker . They added that this surface missiles - long-range land .<br /><br />If the reports are true , it is at least a third assault weapons convoy in the year. Since the beginning of this year Israel attacked twice in the territory of Sudan , and destroyed weapons and ammunition convoys destined for Hamas , and a factory that manufactured weapons . As mentioned, the attack also approved by the director Israeli officials .<br /><br />Defense Minister today the possibility of switching Syrian weapons advanced to Hezbollah when he said <b>" We monitor it and keep the red lines of our - not to allow the transfer of chemical weapons into the hands of hostility and not violate the Rivenotno Golan. When that happens we destroy the tool Shooter us, in the latter case it cannon was Syrian . "</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Obama will have a tough time convincing Congress to relieve sanctions on </span><a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" data-pub="{"type":"hashtag","id":445347065533436,"source":null}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/iran" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; text-decoration: none;">#Iran</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"> in order to solve the nuclear dispute. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UnitedAgainstNuclearIran">What are your thoughts on easing sanctions as a strategy?</a></span></i></span></div>
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Washington — With nuclear talks between Iran and western powers gathering steam, the Obama administration will likely face an uphill battle to convince Congress to back any deal rolling back its tough sanctions regime.</div>
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For years, US lawmakers have carefully crafted legislation aimed at reining in Iran's suspect nuclear program and moves to provide even some sanctions relief are likely to be met with suspicion on Capitol Hill.</div>
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Even as the nations leading the talks with Tehran -- the <span style="color: #990000;">United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany </span>-- met for the first time with the new Iranian leadership in Geneva last week, US lawmakers issued warnings to the negotiators to be on their guard.</div>
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Details of what Iranian officials proposed during an hour-long power point presentation in English behind closed doors remain confidential, but the talks were hailed as <b><i>"serious and substantive"</i></b> and the broad contours are not hard to discern.</div>
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The six powers want the Islamic republic to halt enrichment of uranium to 20 percent, which brings it to weapons grade, and dismantle its weapons-related infrastructure, in return for relief from crippling economic sanctions imposed by the US, UN and European powers.</div>
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But enmity and suspicion between Iran and the US stretch back decades to the Islamic revolution and the 444-day siege of the US embassy in Tehran in 1980. And any deal could be a hard sell to hardliners in both nations.</div>
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US chief negotiator, Undersecretary of State <span style="color: blue;">Wendy Sherman,</span> has already been debriefing lawmakers by phone and is set to testify at a series of classified briefings before <i><b>she returns to Geneva for the next talks on November 7 and 8.</b></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"I don't think the issue's convincing the American people, I think it's convincing the people in Congress who want to pass sanctions no matter what,"</span><span style="background-color: white;"> said <span style="color: blue;">Alireza Nader</span>, senior policy analyst at the RAND Corporation think tank.</span></div>
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Indeed, draft legislation for new US sanctions targeting the automobile sector and Iran's foreign reserves is awaiting a vote in the Senate, after being adopted in July by the House of Representatives.</div>
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President <span style="color: blue;">Barack Obama </span>has some authority to ease some US sanctions hitting the petroleum and banking sectors, mostly those slapped on third countries doing business with Iran.</div>
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And the<span style="color: #cc0000;"> New York Times</span> reported last week the White House <i><b>may be considering unblocking some $10 million in frozen Iranian assets in the United States </b></i>to give the Rouhani leadership some access to badly needed foreign exchange reserves.</div>
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But <span style="color: blue;">Joel Rubin,</span> director of policy at the Ploughshares Fund, a non-government organization working for a nuclear-arms free world, warned that if Congress continues to press sanctions it may become <span style="color: red;">"a spoiler"</span> to the delicate diplomatic maneuvering under way.</div>
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"Congress has done a very good service to help create a pressure component to the overall strategy on Iran," Rubin told AFP.</div>
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"The danger is Congress will continue to do what it does in promoting additional measures, that would actually complicate the environment."</div>
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He argued that while the world's toughest sanctions regime had brought the new Iranian leadership of <span style="color: blue;">President Hassan Rouhan</span>i to the table, <b><i>it had failed to halt Iran's nuclear drive</i></b>, which the West suspects masks a bid for a nuclear bomb.</div>
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<b>Iran is now believed to have something between 18,000 to 19,000 centrifuges, key to the enrichment operation, while its new heavy water reactor at Arak may come online in 2014.</b></div>
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<b>Turkish Jews are leaving the country due to growing anti-Semitism, exacerbated by the Islamist AKP government's antagonism towards Israel and Jews.</b><br />
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Speaking to Turkey's<em> <span style="color: #990000;">Hurriyet Daily</span></em> Güveniş claimed that young Jews are particularly keen to leave, hundreds of whom have already moved to the US and Europe in recent years.<br />
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The infamous <span style="color: #990000;">Mavi Marmara</span> incident and <span style="color: blue;">Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's </span>decision to storm out of a televised interview with Israeli President Shimon Peres were all contributing factors to the growing sense of unease among Turkey's 15,000-strong Jewish community, who saw it as pure antagonism on the part of their own Prime Minister.<br />
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"Is [Israeli President Shimon] Peres a man that could be told ‘one minute’? He is known in the world as a man of peace," protested Güveniş, who himself made aliyah (emigrated) to Israel in 1981, and is one of approximately 80,000 Turkish Jews living in Israel today.<br />
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<b>But anti-Israel politics are just the tip of the iceberg.</b><br />
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Blatantly anti-Semitic statements by Turkish leaders have become almost <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">routine</span>; from the country's <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/169527" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Deputy Prime Minister </a>accusing a dark conspiracy by "Diaspora Jewry" as being behind the mass "Gezi Park" anti-government protest movement, to <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/171104" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">similar comments made by Erdogan</a>himself.<br />
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<b>Erdogan's long history of anti-Semitism is no secret. </b>Prior to his stint as Prime Minister, in 1998 Erdogan - then mayor of Istanbul - infamously declared that: "the Jews have begun to crush the Muslims in Palestine, in the name of Zionism. Today, the <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">image</span> of the Jews is no different than that of the Nazis."<br />
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"K", a 20 year-old Jewish student and emigre from Turkey who spoke to Arutz Sheva on <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD4" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">condition</span> of anonymity, confirmed that he and other Turkish Jews his age were leaving Turkey out of "desperation."<br />
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"They were like, 'let's go before it's too late,'" he related, saying that the number one destination for emigres was Israel, followed by the United States.<br />
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"They were afraid for the future of Turkey," he added, asking not to be named due to fears for his safety and the safety of his family.<br />
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Interestingly, in his interview with <em>Hurriyet</em>, Güveniş claimed that a significant factor motivating his own aliyah was the extremism his sons experienced on Turkish university campuses.<br />
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“They didn’t want to go to university where leftists or other groups were putting pressure on them to take sides at school. They went to university in Israel and we also had to move again after a couple of years. The first two years in <a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/tag/Israel" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Israel</a> were difficult, and we had to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">learn the language</span>. But I don’t regret it,” he said.<br />
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With two Turkish students currently held in Poland after an <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/172855_mnrLk" style="color: #3d6f93; cursor: pointer; font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">anti-Semitic incident</a> at a former Nazi death camp, it would appear that little has changed.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">DHS, Valerie Jarrett’s Fiefdom, TARGETING U.S. (Patriotic) Citizens/Christians: Warnings From (Retired) Army Officers of MARTIAL LAW</span></div>
Commentary <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/10/22/dhs-valerie-jarretts-fiefdom-targeting-u-s-patriotic-citizenschristians-warnings-from-retired-army-officers-of-martial-law-more-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/">By Adina Kutnicki</a><br />
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Regardless of whose name is atop the official masthead at <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/05/04/dhs-a-malevolent-anti-american-behemoth-targeting-whistleblowers-patriots-valerie-jarretts-fiefdom-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DHS, the fact of the matter is that Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett runs the show</em></a>. It is her (private) fiefdom. Her playground.</strong></h1>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This site has been warning its readers of an impending storm, and not ala the made up out of whole cloth “global warming” kind! This is no hoax.</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To be exact, DHS has been exposed as the antithesis of a homeland security umbrella. As a matter of record, back in July 2012, at the inception of this blog, it became glaringly apparent that<a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/07/22/update-multiple-sources-within-dhs-ringing-alarm-bells-is-anyone-listening-northeast-intelligence-network-others-too-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki-105/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> DHS’s original mandate was compromised</em></a>, and by those whose interests were decidedly anti-American. How can this be?</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Well, the <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/07/31/the-purposeful-deconstruction-of-the-us-the-co-opting-of-dhs-into-a-radical-force-for-societal-transformation-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">purposeful (emphasis added) deconstruction of America, its destruction, necessitates many “helping hands”</em></a>, and the co-opting of DHS is a logical, resource-rich, “go to” address. Simple as that. Devious.</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fanning the flames, in September 2012, <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/09/05/black-hawks-swirling-over-us-cities-dhs-stockpiling-inordinate-amount-of-ammo-who-is-their-targetaddendum-to-red-hot-warning-from-north-east-intelligence-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Black Hawks were sighted swirling overhead in U.S. cities</em></a>, and droppings of info seeped out that DHS was stockpiling inordinate amounts of ammo and military-style armor, well beyond what has ever been purchased for cumulative years in toto. Why exactly? Are flying saucer aliens swooping down, as such, heretofore unseen protection is now mandated? Inquiring minds want – demand – to know.</strong></div>
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From one patriot to another, <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/09/21/warning-all-patriotic-americans-the-enemy-is-you-at-least-according-to-dhs-addendum-to-black-hawks-swirling-over-u-s-cities-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">issuing warnings re DHS</em></a> and other relevant concerns comes with the territory. One’s duty. Yet the situation becomes even more incendiary and pressing, when one encounters <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2012/09/21/warning-all-patriotic-americans-the-enemy-is-you-at-least-according-to-dhs-addendum-to-black-hawks-swirling-over-u-s-cities-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the politicizing of the largest umbrella for homeland security-related matters</em></a>. You think?</h1>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thus, the unfathomable <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">i<a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/04/03/the-intersection-of-dhs-heavy-armor-russianeastern-european-troopstraining-in-middle-america-global-governance-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">nsertion of Russian/Eastern European and other foreign foreign troops onto U.S</a> soil</em> should send shivers down every patriot’s spine. If not, then why not? By the way, the above is just the tip of DHS’s spear, as <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/02/explosive-dhs-insider-reveals-congressman-louie-gohmert-too-disarming-americans-gun-control-empowers-the-redgreen-alliancesharia-law-its-beneficiary-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">gun control is a BIG part of their plans</a>, </em>as they prepare for war against the citizens!</strong></h1>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On Saturday, Terry M. Hestilow, a retired United States Army Captain from Fort Worth, Texas, posted a letter on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/notes/terry-michael-hestilow/re-department-of-homeland-security-dhs-and-that-agencies-preparation-for-war-aga/10151339181433869" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> that he wrote to Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, warning that the </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Department of Homeland Security</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> is preparing to go to </span><a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/war" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">war</a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> with the citizens of the United States.</span></div>
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“It is with gravest concern that I write to you today concerning the recent appropriation of weapons by the Department of Homeland Security (<a href="http://www.examiner.com/topic/dhs" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DHS</a>) that can only be understood as a bold threat of war by that agency, and the Obama administration, against the citizens of the United States of America,” his letter began.</div>
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The retired officer expressed deep concerns over “recent purchases of almost 3,000 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) armored personnel carriers, 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition (with associated weapons), and other weapons systems.”</div>
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“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve gotta (sic) have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well funded [as the United States military],” he said.</div>
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He also accused the administration of “deliberately defunding, overextending, and hollowing the Department of Defense,” which he said is the “only legitimate agency” with the mission of conducting combat operations.</div>
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In his letter, Capt. Hestilow called on Congress to demand that the DHS surrender their weapons systems to the Defense Department. He also accused the DHS of enforcing the “tyrannical acts of this president” and said lawmakers should dissolve the agency “as soon as possible.”</div>
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“One needs only to look to the rise of Adolf Hitler, and his associated DHS organizations, the SA and the SS, of 1932-1934, to see the outcome of allowing an agency of government this kind of control over the free citizens of a nation,” he added.</div>
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Capt. Hestilow said that Americans cannot “be so naïve” as to think that what happened in Germany cannot happen here.</div>
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Earlier in the week, Capt. Hestilow asked his Facebook followers who the DHS intends to kill with the weapons and ammunition that it has recently purchased.</div>
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“Short answer,” he <a href="https://www.facebook.com/terryhestilow?ref=ts&fref=ts" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">wrote</a>. “You and me! Anyone they think is standing in their way to impose a new Marxist government! Anyone who stands for the U.S. Constitution!”</div>
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“If I live and still have a page to speak out on later this week, I will discuss a proper Constitutional response in a couple of days. Standby. Out,” he wrote on Thursday.</div>
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Capt. Hestilow ended his strongly-worded letter with a simple declaration: “We refuse to surrender our Constitution or our nation!”</div>
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Now, it goes without saying, when the fish stinks from the head up, all manner of poisonous edicts emerge. So, the new honcho at <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/10/10/dhs-not-so-stealth-jihad-obama-inc-promotes-muslim-brotherhood-mafia-infiltrator-what-are-the-ramifications-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DHS, Muslim Brotherhood operative, Mohamed Elibiary</em></a>, is warning thusly:</h1>
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<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/dhs-adviser-tea-party-has-christianist-xenophobia/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Department of Homeland Security adviser Mohamed Elibiary has warned the tea party movement against attempting to change the U.S. political landscape through “Christianist Xenophobia.”</em></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/dhs-adviser-tea-party-has-christianist-xenophobia/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elibiary further charged some “white identity/privilege types” have a problem with a “black president” and “brown Mexicans.”</em></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/dhs-adviser-tea-party-has-christianist-xenophobia/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Asked by WND in an email to clarify his remarks, Elibiary replied: “’Christianist’ is a term coined about a decade ago and like ‘Islamist’ (for Muslims) and ‘Zionist’ (for Jews) refers to Christians who mix theology and nationalism.”</em></a><br />
<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/dhs-adviser-tea-party-has-christianist-xenophobia/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Elibiary said “Christianists” view “today’s politics through a theologically influenced (Calvinist) view of America’s founding.”</span></em></a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/dhs-adviser-tea-party-has-christianist-xenophobia/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Xenophobia is easier for you to understand on your own, but it generally manifests itself in anti-immigrant policies of which Islamophobia today inside the U.S. is just one sub-component for some White Identity/Privilege types that have a problem with a black president, brown Mexicans and so on and so forth,” he told WND.</em></a></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By the way, the above operative has the audacity to opine (not unlike his <a href="http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2005/04/is-grover-norquist-an-islamist" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">fellow stealth Islamist, Grover Norquist</em></a>) that he is Conservative-leaning and not a leftist. Well, yes, he is a Conservative Muslim, but not a Conservative American!</strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.625; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IN close proximity to the above revelations, along comes an ex-Navy SEAL and he emits a bombshell, and this serves as confirmation of <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/03/05/cdc-centers-for-disease-control-prevention-fema-what-are-they-up-to-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">related info this site is sharing/blaring for close to a year</em></a>. Being right is not always rewarding…knowing full well that <a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/10/15/the-increasing-threat-of-martial-law-demster-rep-shelia-jackson-lees-loose-lips-her-slip-of-the-tongue-commentary-by-adina-kunticki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the groundwork for Martial Law is being prepped</em></a>. </strong></h1>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ATOP an avalanche of mounting evidence, is it still a hysterical rant to posit: there are <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://adinakutnicki.com/2013/02/16/the-disturbingdangerous-parallels-between-dhs-nazi-germanys-gestapo-commentary-by-adina-kutnicki/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">manifest parallels between DHS and Nazi Germany’s Gestapo</a>, </em>and Islamists are now in the service of radical leftists and vice versa? Unreservedly, the answer is – NOT at all! </strong></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rest assured, the Gestapo did not morph into its infamous essence overnight. Slowly, steadily, it forward-marched Germany into the depths of hell, before many of its citizens knew what hit them.</strong></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">Bee's note: I rarely share propaganda from the PLO/Fatah organization, but sometimes the lies Abbas promotes through the media (who are all to willing to spread his propaganda) are so over the top, I find it necessary to show how terrorists work their "magic" in attempts to slander Israel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Abbas, the smiling faced terrorist known as "leader" of the Fatah movement and supported by the West in their appeasements to the Arabs, will have no one to blame for the failed "talks" but himself. As I stated earlier today, this is the same guy who had to be bribed with a FOUR BILLION DOLLAR "GIFT" from the US, just to get him to the table and yet, he still refuses to face PM Netanyahu face to face. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Abbas, and his Fatah movement, are the same people who demonstrate their "love" towards the Jews by teaching their children to hate from the day they are born! Their youth are filmed daily throwing rocks at the IDF and Israeli citizens; murder Jewish families in the dead of night while sleeping, as two teenage <a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/03/islamic-jew-hatred-graphic-muslims-stab-jewish-family-of-five-to-death.html">Palestinians did </a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/03/islamic-jew-hatred-graphic-muslims-stab-jewish-family-of-five-to-death.html">at Itamar, in Samaria, March 11, 2011</a>, and the list is piling higher these past 30 days, as Palestinians are guilty of murdering two IDF soldiers and countless other</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"> criminial actions too numerous to mention here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">Sorry, Abbas, but your crying to the Media does not work; we're on to your slanderous lies, propaganda, and are fully aware of your hypocritical, crooked attempts to blame Israel for your unwillingness to seriously seek peace with the Jewish nation Israel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">The EU and the West can slam Israel for building on their own homeland; the Arabs can continue their propaganda and none of their interference will prevent Israel from growing, in spite of the intentions of most "leaders" to cut up Israel into pieces for the sake of appeasing their oil-rich buddies in the Arab world. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">There are 22 Arab nations surrounding the tiny Land of Israel. Jordan is the Palestinians homeland. Hasn't anyone figured out yet that anyone of these Islamic nations could welcome the Palestinians with open arms; but that would ruin their true goal of wiping Israel off the map. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"><span style="color: #783f04;">They don't want to support these Arab Palestinian "brothers"; they block the PA terrorists at the Egyptian gates/borders, treat them like scum in Lebanon, and then accuse Israel of not being "fair" to these troublemaker PLO/PA/Hamas terrorists. Hamas and the Fatah movement are cut from the same cloth - Arafat's PLO and for whatever political reasons, the West decided to choose the lesser of two evils, according to them, by dubbing Fatah as "moderates". They are as "moderate" as the rebel terrorist groups in Syria.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">It is past time for Israel to stand her ground and say "Enough!".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Visiting the Lithuanian capital, Palestinian President <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3479383,00.html">Mahmoud Abbas</a> said Tuesday that <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3284752,00.html">Israel</a> would be responsible for any failure of the peace talks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">"We will not accept that," </span><span style="background-color: white;">Abbas said in response to a question of the </span><span class="adtext" id="adtext_1" style="background-color: white; border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Baltic news</span><span style="background-color: white;"> agency BNS on any future Israeli military control the borders of a demilitarized Palestinian state.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)';"><span style="font-size: large;">"And if they (the negotiations) fail, they (the Israelis) will be the reason for this failure, not us," the Palestinian president added.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)';">"They do not have the right to stay on our </span><span class="adtext" id="adtext_7" style="background-color: white; border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)'; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">land</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)';"> after the signing of the </span><span class="adtext" id="adtext_2" style="background-color: white; border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)'; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">peace treaty</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Arial (Hebrew)', 'David (Hebrew)', 'Courier New (Hebrew)';">," Abbas said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"They don't have the right to stay in our territories after we signed a peace treaty," he noted, stressing that he accepts a future demilitarized Palestinian state.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"We want, according to the <a class="bluelink" href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3064378,00.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">Oslo Accords</a> , a strong <span class="adtext" id="adtext_4" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">police force</span>. This is exactly what we want, how we understand, how they understand, how the Americans understand it," the Palestinian leader said.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/Resizer.ashx/news/250/168/451142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Ismail Haniyeh" border="0" src="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/static/Resizer.ashx/news/250/168/451142.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">"Gaza’s Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, has stated that there will never be a Palestinian state which does not include Gaza.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br />In a speech he gave Sunday in front of members of the Hamas student union, Haniyeh declared that “there will not be a Palestinian state without Gaza and there will not be a state without a Gaza that <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; color: rgb(0, 0, 204) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static;">stands</span> firm and which was released by the warriors.” <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/173070#.Umf2VPmsim5"> read more</a></span></blockquote>
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The decision to reject the seat, Prince Bandar reportedly told diplomats, was intended as<b><i> “a message for the US” </i></b>about Saudi frustration with the Obama administration’s long-running failure to arm rebels in Syria and the rising prospect of a nuclear deal that would favour Riyadh’s arch-foe, Iran.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Hell Must Have Frozen Over…Jerusalem Police Finally Stop Arab Soccer Games On Temple Mount</span></h1>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">BREAKING REPORT:</span><span style="color: blue;"> IAF Aircraft And IDF Troops Cross Lebanon Border To Monitor Syria Military Activity In Lebanon</span></h1>
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After five rockets were fired into the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_2" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; line-height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Lebanon Valley</span> apparently by Syrian rebels on Monday, Hezbollah-affiliated Lebanese channel Al-Mayadeen reported Tuesday morning that Syrian fighter jets attacked in the area of the Syrian-Lebanese border.</div>
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Other <span class="adtext" id="adtext_3" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; line-height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">media outlets</span> in Lebanon reported that five explosions were heard in the northern Lebanon Valley area, yet there were no injuries. A military source estimated that the rockets were fired from the Syrian side and landed in Lebanese territory. The source ruled out the possibility that it may be attacks carried out by the Syrian army, and noted that a Lebanese army force is on its way to the scene.</div>
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Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said <span class="adtext" id="adtext_8" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; line-height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Tuesday morning</span> that Israel will not allow the transfer of advanced or <span class="adtext" id="adtext_4" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; line-height: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">chemical weapons</span> from Syria to Hezbollah, and will act against any violations of Israeli sovereignty due to the Syrian civil war.</div>
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Syria’s President Bashar Assad was interviewed Monday by Al-Mayadeen and did not spare his criticism of the Lebanese administration, specifically in regards to its conduct in the Syrian crisis…</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Did you know that the Palestinian refugee problem has actually been resolved - with the tacit agreement of Arab states to resettle them? There was an exchange of populations of Jews and Arabs as a result of the Arab-Israeli conflict, declares Saul Bartal in the <i>Middle East Quarterly (</i>Fall 2013). Although individual compensation is still an outstanding issue, and resettlement of Palestinian refugees is still incomplete, Bartal argues that Israel has discharged any obligations : confiscated Jewish assets have covered the cost of resettling Arab refugees many times over and only a quarter of Palestinian refugees still live in camps. A must-read article (with thanks: Michelle, Lily, Flor): </span></b></div>
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During the 1948 war, some 600,000 <span class="adtext" id="adtext_8" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Palestinian</span> Arabs fled their homes to the neighboring Arab states or to parts of mandatory Palestine occupied by Arab states (the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_4" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">West Bank</span> and Gaza).<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" style="color: #223344;">[1]</a>Likewise, within a few years after the establishment of the State of Israel, nearly all of the 850,000-strong <span class="adtext" id="adtext_2" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Jewish population</span> living in Arab states was either expelled or escaped with just their lives. Most made their way to Israel where they were resettled.</div>
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While these latter facts may not be that well known, neither are they completely unfamiliar to students of the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_6" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Middle East</span>. What is less acknowledged, however, is the de facto agreement of Arab states to resettle Palestinian refugees in their respective territories, expressed in closed-door discussions at cease-fire committee meetings and other gatherings with Israeli representatives.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" style="color: #223344;">[2]</a> Whether the Arab states properly represented the refugees or treated them and their descendants fairly is a matter for the Palestinians and their Arab brothers to adjudicate on their own.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On December 11, 1948, the U.N. <span class="adtext" id="adtext_5" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">General Assembly</span> adopted resolution (3)194 whose paragraph 11 dealt with the problem of the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_3" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">war refugees</span>:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">The General Assembly. … Resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so at the earliest practical date and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss or damage to property … [and] Instructs the Conciliation Commission to facilitate the repatriation, resettlement, and economic and social rehabilitation of the refugees.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" style="color: #223344;">[3]</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a General Assembly resolution, the U.N. decision was in no way a binding recommendation.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" style="color: #223344;">[4]</a> Nonetheless, it put forward the notions that Arab (and Jewish) refugees (a) should be allowed to return to their <span class="adtext" id="adtext_1" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">country of origin</span> within the framework of a comprehensive peace if they could be construed as peaceable; (b) or they could receive reparations for damage to or loss of their property if they decided not to return; and (c) resettlement was a no less reasonable option.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While the Arab states vehemently opposed resolution 194 and voted unanimously against it (only in the late 1960s did they begin to transform the resolution into the linchpin of their claim to a "right of return"),<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" style="color: #223344;">[5]</a> they did not shirk from quietly entertaining the feasibility of resettling the Palestinian refugees in their territories. Iraq, Syria,<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" style="color: #223344;">[6]</a> Jordan,<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" style="color: #223344;">[7]</a> and Egypt<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" style="color: #223344;">[8]</a> all recommended the resettling of the Palestinian refugees within their borders.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" style="color: #223344;">[9]</a> Most of these states also demanded economic aid from Western powers as payback for agreeing to the option.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" style="color: #223344;">[10]</a> But their agreement was kept quiet since they did not see eye-to-eye on this matter with both the Palestinians and their own populations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the 1949 Lausanne Conference convened by the U.N. Conciliation Commission, Jordan, Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon appeared as one bloc to discuss an agreement that also included a solution to the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_7" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">refugee</span>problem. While they had previously rejected resolution 194, they now demanded that any deal had to be resolved on that basis. They also told the U.N. Conciliation Commission that they, the Arab states, represented the Palestinian refugees. Three delegations of refugees that tried to reach the conference were treated with contempt by their Arab brethren and denied access to the discussions.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" style="color: #223344;">[11]</a> When they asked for an interview with the Egyptian delegation, they were unceremoniously removed by force. At a later September 1951 Conciliation Commission conference in Paris, only delegations from the Arab states were asked to represent the refugees.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" style="color: #223344;">[12]</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A critical aspect of these discussions and one that has been largely forgotten since that time was that recommendations and attempts at resettling the Palestinian Arabs also focused on issues of compensation to the Arab states for the expenses incurred in the absorption of their brethren. Alongside infusions of cash from Western sources, Arab governments viewed with equanimity the confiscation of Jewish property to help offset costs, property that was coming into their hands as a result of a massive population transfer out of their borders occurring at the same time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many Jewish communities in the Arab states predated the Muslim conquest of the Middle East by hundreds of years. Many of their members had grown prosperous, served in their host nations' law courts, military, and where such existed, parliaments and considered themselves full-fledged citizens. Many more eked out a livelihood as best they could, aware of a precarious situation in which today's good Muslim neighbor might turn out to be tomorrow's oppressor. Whatever their material circumstances, within a few years of the establishment of the State of Israel, the bulk of this population was forced out of their homes, leaving behind the vast majority of their possessions.<a href="http://www.meforum.org/3643/palestinian-refugee-problem#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" style="color: #223344;">[13]</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Contemporary Palestinian spokesmen and advocates are largely silent about the effective population exchange carried out at that time. While they may argue that the Arab states were not empowered to represent them or claim (falsely) that Jews who emigrated did so because of Zionist manipulation rather than persecution and harassment, the fact is that part of the stipulations of U.N. resolution 194 were actualized in that compensation for relocation was obtained—albeit through the forcible divestment of Jewish citizenry—and resettlement occurred. Whether that compensation went to the proper recipients or whether resettlement was done in a half-hearted fashion, the international community, alongside the Arab governments, put in place practicable, if not perfect, solutions. A closer look at that population exchange and the accompanying transfer of billions of dollars' worth of Jewish property and holdings to the Palestinian refugees is in order.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">According to Kerry, the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are moving at <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.553732">'increased intensity</a>'. What an interesting observation, considering<a href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.553732"> Harretz's </a>report today that the two key players haven't met since the "talks" resumed in July, 2013:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;">"While the pace of the meetings between the Israelis and the Palestinians may have picked up, Prime Minister </span><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Benjamin%20Netanyahu-1.476753" style="background-color: white; color: #0099ff; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Benjamin Netanyahu</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;"> and Palestinian President </span><a href="http://www.haaretz.com/misc/tags/Mahmoud%20Abbas-1.477128" style="background-color: white; color: #0099ff; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mahmoud Abbas</a><span style="font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">have not met since the negotiations resumed</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;">."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia; line-height: 20px;">"The two parties have been engaged now in 13 meetings - serious meetings. They had three meetings in the last four days," Kerry said. "<b><i>All the core issues are on the table.</i></b> And they have been meeting with increased intensity."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Now, the "core" issues just happen to include splitting Jerusalem in half; not allowing one Jew to step foot inside a "Palestinian" state, and the 67' borders. And we haven't even discussed the Arab/PLO/Palestinian/Hamas "Charter" that refuses the right of Jews to exist. Nor, have we mentioned the "Palestinians" map that displays the whole of Israel erased and replaced with a land called "Palestine".</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">But, my favorite example of recognizing of these "peace" talks having nothing to do with peace and everything to do with money and politics, to-date, the highest bidder (bribe) goes to the USA to the tune of FOUR BILLION DOLLARS. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">If you should doubt the amount, Google it, and you will find an amazing amount of news and links commenting on the U.S. offering Abbas FOUR BILLION, if Abbas would merely appear cooperative and agree to resume talks that never took place before these talks began in July. However, one of the best commentary's on the FOUR BILLION (remember, America, our economy is in a downward spiral, with predictions that the bottom is about to fall our anytime soon), but the US never lacks for CASH to hand over to any and all Islamic countries, "rebels", and if that isn't enough, to a group of Arabs calling themselves "Palestinians" to build yet another Islamic country within the borders of Israel. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">The United States will readily admit that our Founding Fathers paid a heavy price for our freedoms. Israel has been paying that price since 1948 and it hasn't allowed her one moment's peace to-date. These "peace" talks are not about peace; its all about appeasement to the Arab world, while robbing Israel of another piece of her land. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Just before "talks" began, Jonathan S. Tobin wrote a commentary well worth a moment of your time:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/28/palestinians-want-u-s-cash-not-peace/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Palestinians Want U.S. Cash, Not Peace</span></i></a><span class="author" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/28/palestinians-want-u-s-cash-not-peace/">Jonathan S. Tobin</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/tobincommentary" style="border: 0px; color: #0076b4; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@tobincommentary</a><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><img class="twitter-handle" src="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/wp-content/themes/commentary/img/twitter_handle.png" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span></span><span class="date" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">05.28.2013 - 5:55 PM</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Secretary of State John Kerry and some Israelis, notably President Shimon Peres, had high hopes for the latest initiative to improve the Palestinian economy. Kerry arrived at the World Economic Summit in Jordan with his usual unrealistic high hopes for the value of his diplomacy but he did not go there without offering serious incentives to the <span class="adtext" id="adtext_8" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Palestinian Authority</span> to quit its boycott of peace negotiations that has been going on since before <span class="adtext" id="adtext_4" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Barack Obama</span> became president of the United States. </span><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The United States offered a $4 billion plan that was supposed to both boost the Palestinian economy as well as give PA leader Mahmoud Abbas a <span class="adtext" id="adtext_3" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">tangible benefit</span> for cooperating with Washington’s new plan to restart talks with Israel.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> But the Palestinian answer wasn’t long in coming. Anyone who has paid attention to Palestinian responses to the various ways that President Obama has tried to tilt the diplomatic playing field in their direction or the way they answered various Israeli peace offers in the last 20 years knows that it was the usual one word reply: no.</span><a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/ramallah-reported-to-turn-down-uss-economic-peace-plan/" style="border: 0px; color: #0076b4; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">As the Times of Israel reports:</a>Slapping down the notion that the PA might be appeased by Kerry’s focus on economic improvements, President <span class="adtext" id="adtext_6" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Mahmoud Abbas</span>’s economic adviser, Mohammad Mustafa, said ”The Palestinian leadership will not offer political concessions in exchange for <span class="adtext" id="adtext_5" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">economic benefits</span>.” He added, in a statement reported by the Palestinian Ma’an news agency: “We will not accept that the economy is the primary and sole component.”<br />Mustafa, who also heads the Palestine <span class="adtext" id="adtext_2" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; color: #d50000; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Investment Fund</span>, said the PA’s priorities are not economic but rather a political framework for the creation of Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, that also ensures the rights of refugees and a political compromise, the Palestinian news agency added.<br />Investors are nonetheless more than welcome to “come to Palestine,” the statement added.<br />In other words, the Palestinians say thanks for the cash but no talks except those that guarantee they get everything they’re asking for while giving nothing in return and even then there’s no guarantee they won’t continue the conflict as their insistence on the “right of return” — which is tantamount to calling for Israel’s destruction — indicates.<br />While this is another humiliating setback for Kerry, it’s actually far more significant than that. It exposes the fallacy at the heart of most efforts to create peace between Jews and Arabs for the last century. ... <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/28/palestinians-want-u-s-cash-not-peace/">read more here</a></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-size: large;">"Lauding 'seriousness' of meetings, Kerry announces Qatar's pledge to provide <b>$150 million in aid</b> to cash-strapped Palestinian Authority."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">When the talks began in July, I said that they would end in failure, due to the fact that the Palestinians came to the table with blood on their hands. I referred to the imposed release of hundreds of Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons, BEFORE they would talk "peace". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: justify;">“I am </span><span class="adtext" id="adtext_8" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">convinced</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> that peace will come to </span><span class="adtext" id="adtext_5" style="border-left-color: transparent; border-right-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-top-color: transparent; border-width: 1px; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline;">Israel</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> and its neighbors because the tens of millions of Arabs need peace just as much as we do. An Arab mother who loses a son in battle weeps as bitterly as any Israeli mother.”</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">Israel is surrounded with the wars and fires of all her neighbors, from Egypt to Libya, and back to Syria. She is attacked weekly, sometimes daily, by the Palestinian Hamas terrorists and some within the Fatah Palestinian group: both groups have NOT given up their attempts to murder Jews and like Iran, wipe Israel OFF the map.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I would add one comment to the thousands already recorded for history and that is this: </span><i><span style="color: #741b47;">If the world were serious about forcing the Palestinians to make peace with Israel, it would stop ALL aid until the Palestinians in Fatah/Hamas put down their weapons and begin making peace among themselves first, and then, with Israel.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: #0b5394;">Common sense would tell you, dear World, that we do not reward our children for bad behavior, nor should we do that for the Palestinians. The </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">"FOUR BILLION DOLLAR PLAN"</span><span style="color: #0b5394;"> is doomed to fail until ALL the Palestinians truly seek peace without bribes and aid from foreign governments.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Restoring the Iraqi Jewish archive to its Israeli owners would be tantamount to recognizing that the cause of the Arab world’s conflict with Israel is Arab anti-Semitism.</span></div>
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If you happen to be in <span style="color: blue;">Washington, DC</span>, between now and January, you can see a piece of Jewish history that was never supposed to see the light of day. <span style="color: blue;">The National Archives</span> is now exhibiting restored holy books and communal documents that belonged to the<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> Jewish community of Iraq</span>.</div>
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In 1940, the Iraqi Jewish community numbered 137,000 people. Jews made up more than a quarter of the population of Baghdad. A 2,500-year-old community, Iraq had for centuries been a major center of Jewish learning. The <span style="color: blue;">Babylonian Talmud</span> was written there.</div>
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The yeshivot in <span style="color: #cc0000;">Karbala and Baghdad</span> were considered among the greatest in the world.</div>
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According to Dhiaa Kasim Kashi, a Shi’ite Muslim interviewed in the 2008 book <span style="color: #cc0000;">Iraq’s Last Jews,</span> by the 1930s, the Jews of Iraq had become leaders in every field. <i><b>“All of Iraq’s famous musicians and composers were Jewish,”</b></i> he said.</div>
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“Jews,” he continued, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“were so central to commercial life in Iraq that business across the country used to shut down on Saturdays because it was the <span style="color: blue;">Jewish Shabbat</span>. They were the most prominent members of every elite profession – bankers, doctors, lawyers, professors, engineers, etc.”</span></div>
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<i><b>All of this began to end with the rise of the Nazis in the 1930s.</b></i> Due to rampant Islamic Jew hatred, Arab leaders were drawn to the Nazis. For their part, the Nazis were quick to capitalize on their popularity. The German ambassador to Iraq, <span style="color: #cc0000;">Fritz Grobba,</span> cultivated Nazi sympathizers in the Iraqi military and organized a pro-Nazi military coup in April 1941.</div>
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On <span style="color: #cc0000;">June 1, 1941</span>, as Jews celebrated the festival of Shavuot, the pro-Nazi government carried out a massive pogrom. <i><b>Estimates place the number of Jews murdered at anywhere between 180 and 900.</b></i> Nine hundred Jewish homes were destroyed. Hundreds of Jewish shops and businesses were looted and burned.</div>
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The pogrom, which came to be known as the <span style="color: #cc0000;">Farhud,</span> or <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“violent dispossession,”</span> marked the beginning of the end of the Iraqi Jewish community.</div>
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The immediate victims of Iraq’s unyielding rejection of Jewish national liberation were the Jews of Iraq. In <span style="color: #cc0000;">1950</span>, the exodus began. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">By the end of <span style="color: #cc0000;">1952</span>, when the government shut the remaining Jews in, <i><b>124,000 Jews had fled Iraq</b></i>,</span> mainly to Israel. Forced to abandon their private and communal property, their possessions became hostage to the regime.</div>
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The few thousand Jews left in Iraq lived in utter terror. But even in their reduced state, they tried to protect the property of their phantom community.</div>
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<i><b>In </b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Baghdad</span><span style="color: #990000; font-weight: bold;">,</span><b> only one synagogue remained in operation</b></i>. The Jews brought all the communal documents and holy books there for storage.</div>
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But as <span style="color: blue;">Harold Rhode,</span> a recently retired US Defense Department cultural expert, reported in August at <span style="color: blue;">PJM Media</span>, in <span style="color: #cc0000;">1985 Saddam Hussein</span> sent his henchmen to the synagogue with several trucks. <i><b>They stole the documentary history of the community in broad daylight.</b></i></div>
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Rhode explained that Saddam ordered the theft of the Jewish community’s property both to humiliate the Jews and Israel and to impress his fellow Arabs. As he put it, from a local cultural perspective, “Humiliation – i.e., shaming another’s personal reputation – is more important and more powerful than physical cruelty.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;">Rhode</span><span style="color: black;"> was deployed to Iraq shortly after the US-led overthrow of Saddam’s regime. By the time he arrived in </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">May 2003</span><span style="color: black;">, there were only a dozen Jews still living in Iraq.</span></div>
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Rhode was the first American official informed of the existence of the archive. It was stored in the cellar of the headquarters of Saddam’s mukhabarat, or secret police.<span style="background-color: transparent;"> When Rhode arrived at the building with a small detail of soldiers and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue;">New York Times </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">reporter </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue;">Judith Miller,</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> the building had just been flooded by an unexploded shell that had punctured the water main.</span></div>
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When he realized the dimensions of the archive, now largely underwater, Rhode moved heaven and earth to save it. Due to Rhode’s action, and the support he received from Iraqi leader <span style="color: blue;">Ahmed Chalabi</span>, vice president <span style="color: blue;">Dick Cheney </span>and defense secretary <span style="color: blue;">Donald Rumsfeld,</span> the archive – which included everything from school records to 500- year-old copies of the Bible – <i><b>was saved on Shavuot 2003 and sent to the US.</b></i></div>
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Once the archive was safely in the US, <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the <span style="color: blue;">State Department</span> spent $3 million restoring the 2,700 books and tens of thousands of documents.</span> In the meantime, back in Iraq, <i><b>there are still hundreds of Torah scrolls languishing in a government cellar,</b></i> inaccessible to the public, and in a horrible state of disrepair.</div>
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But if nothing changes, on Shavuot 2014, the miracle will come to a tragic and scandalous end. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">In an act of cultural aggression, the US government has promised to return the Jewish communal archive – <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">stolen from the Iraqi Jewish community by the Iraqi government </span></i>– to the Iraqi government by June 2014.</span></div>
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<b><i>The difference between Jewish property stolen by the Nazis and Jewish property stolen by Arab regimes is political.</i></b> It is politically acceptable to acknowledge that the Nazis were criminals. <span style="color: #cc0000;">But the Arabs have never had to pay a price for their persecution and eventual destruction of their Jewish communities. </span>No one wishes to recognize the fact that it is <span style="color: blue;">anti-Semitism</span> that drives the Islamic quest to destroy the Jewish state.</div>
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The only lawful owners of the Iraqi Jewish archive that is being shown in Washington are the Iraqi Jews and their descendants, who are now overwhelmingly Israelis. <i><b>The only place the archive should be sent is the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda,</b></i> the only museum in the world dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of the 2,500-year-old Jewish community of Iraq.</div>
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Yet for the <span style="color: #cc0000;">American foreign policy</span> establishment, besotted by a quasi-religious belief that the establishment of a Jew-free Palestinian state on Israeli land will cure everything from Islamic jihad to the common cold, recognizing this simple truth is a bridge too far. <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Restoring the Iraqi Jewish archive to its Israeli owners would be tantamount to recognizing that the cause of the Arab world’s conflict with Israel is <span style="color: #cc0000;">Arab anti-Semitism</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #cc0000; font-size: x-small;">SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2013 </span><a href="http://israelagainstterror.blogspot.com/2013/10/meanwhile-on-al-jazeera-america.html" style="font-size: small;">MIDDLE EAST AND TERRORISM</a></h2>
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<span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It has been almost</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: red;"> two months</span></span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> since Al Jazeera America (AJA), the American outlet of Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera, debuted in the U.S. Viewers of the network note its impressive graphics and lack of commercials, a welcomed change of pace compared to most cable news in the States. The network also employs a host of familiar faces that help bolster AJA’s image as just another news network. <i><b>It remains to be seen just how radical AJA will let its coverage becomes once it grows more assured of its acceptance into the mainstream. </b></i>Already AJA’s Sunni sponsors have let the mask slip.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Despite a petition <a href="http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/dropaljazeera" style="color: #956839;">drive</a> to exclude AJA from cable distribution, AJA’s coverage is definitely on the rise. Last spring and summer, AJA went on a hiring spree, hiring producers, writers, technicians, and hundreds of other staffers. AJA also snapped up big news names like Joie Chen, David Shuster and Soledad O’Brien, and then opened 12 American bureau offices. Broadcasting began August 20.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Of course, AJA is not just another news network. </span><i style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><b>AJA’s parent company, Al Jazeera, is owned by the government of Qatar, the tiny, oil-rich, Sunni Muslim state in the Persian Gulf, bordering Saudi Arabia. </b></i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> Qatar</span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> is ruled by </span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Shiekh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani,</span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> who, despite his personal business dealings with Israel, <i><b>is pro-Hamas, pro-Muslim Brotherhood and </b></i></span><a href="http://www.jpost.com/Features/Front-Lines/Qatari-power-and-irresponsibility-set-to-continue-318030" style="color: #956839; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><i><b>anti-Israel</b></i></a><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"><i><b>. </b></i> Al Jazeera’s news coverage has reflected those views.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">In fact, Al Jazeera is so pro-Muslim Brotherhood it recently got <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/01/us-egypt-protests-jazeera-idUSBRE97S0ZL20130901" style="color: #956839;">kicked</a> out of Egypt for instigating Muslim Brotherhood protests there.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> In 2008, Al Jazeera’s Beirut bureau chief threw an on-air birthday </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIkrQGz5ats" style="background-color: white; color: #956839; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">party</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> for Samir Kuntar, convicted killer of an Israeli family.</span><span style="color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Americans learned to hate Al Jazeera in the days after 9-11, when Al Jazeera first repeated the charge that American Jews were warned beforehand of the attacks in New York, then repeatedly broadcast interviews of Osama bin Laden. Al Jazeera has even described the War on Terror as “so-called,” and suicide bombings as “paradise operations.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">Through the years Al Jazeera has had on-air personalities who were blatantly anti-Semitic. One popular Al Jazeera show, “Shari’a and Life,” features a host who regularly </span><a href="http://www.meforum.org/3147/al-jazeera#_ftn64" style="color: #956839; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;">criticizes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: justify;"> Shiites, Americans and Jews.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">During the height of the Iraqi war years, then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/12/opinion/12cohen.html" style="color: #956839;">described</a> Al Jazeera as “the mouthpiece of Al Qaeda,” while President George W. Bush <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/al-jazeera-terrorist-mouthpiece-or-credible-news-organization" style="color: #956839;">referred</a> to Al Jazeera as “a terrorist organization.” Upon the initial invasion of Afghanistan and later in Iraq, US military forces bombed local Al Jazeera offices because of the support they had given terrorists.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now that AJA is on the air in the US, Americans will get to judge for themselves if AJA will be an independent news network covering news items important to Americans, or if AJA possesses the dispositions of its parent company.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">While the network’s foreign news coverage is acceptable, the viewer gets the feeling that AJA is “up to something” whenever the news involves Israel, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, or the Mideast in general.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #29303b; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Take for example the network’s coverage of the civil war in Syria. A Pew <a href="http://www.journalism.org/2013/09/16/how-al-jazeera-tackled-the-crisis-over-syria/" style="color: #956839;">study</a> revealed that most of the Syrian coverage by AJA was similar to most other American networks, but AJA spent much more time covering the humanitarian aspects of the story and the hardships of the rebels. And no wonder – Qatar has <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/10022759/Qatar-playing-with-fire-as-it-funds-Syrian-Islamists-in-quest-for-global-influence.html" style="color: #956839;">funded</a> the rebels.</span></div>
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Strictly as a marketing issue, this liberal domestic news slant puts AJA in the same crowded category as most other American news channels, like ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR and MSNBC, leaving Fox News alone in the right-of-center TV news coverage. Granted, AJA is only weeks old, but so far it is positioning its domestic news coverage in a pretty crowded field.</div>
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But beyond these questions, what is the point of Al Jazeera even coming to America? Why would the Emir of Qatar go through the hassle and expense? One theory could be that AJA is some sort of pan-Arab pride project. And it is true that most significant regions of the world have at least one major news network. Some have also speculated that AJA is just a vanity project on the part of the Emir of Qatar, which is possible.</div>
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