Jul

23

Attack in Israel near Obama’s hotel

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A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into vehicles on a busy Jerusalem street on Tuesday, ahead of a visit by US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and wounded 16 people before being shot dead.

The attack near the Obama’s hotel, just down the road from the hotel. This was the second such incident in Jewish west Jerusalem in three weeks.

It occurred while Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his official residence less than a kilometre away.

Officials said that the driver was a Palestinian from a village in an area of the occupied West Bank that Israel considers part of Jerusalem. Its residents have freedom of movement throughout the city and Israel.

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Jul

11

Israel hints action against Iran

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Israel has hinted at a possible military strike to halt Iran’s nuclear programme, saying it is the strongest country in the region and it was “not afraid to take action” against Tehran to foil its atomic ambitions.

Ehud Barak Defence Minister said, “Israel is the strongest country in the region and has proved in the past it is not afraid to take action when its vital security interests are at stake,”

Barak’s remarks came hours after Iran test fired a second round of missiles yesterday in the Persian Gulf during a manoeuvre following the nine ballistic missiles capable of hitting Israel it tested on Wednesday. Continue reading…



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May

16

New bin Laden message to focus on Israel

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youngbinladen.jpgA pending new message from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been announced on Islamist message boards and addresses the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel, an Internet terrorism monitor said on Thursday.

The announcement appeared on various militant message boards on the Internet with a banner announcing Israel`s anniversary as the topic, said the monitoring service of the US author and analyst who goes by the name Laura Mansfield. Continue reading…



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Mar

8

Israel is willing to talk in the face of assail on Jerusalem seminary

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Israel has shown willingness to move ahead with the peace talks in spite of deadly attack on a Jewish seminary of Jerusalem. As per the present condition, the US backed initiative for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems to be under threat due to the violence. The four years of virtual calm has come to a stand still.

Thousands of mourners walked in the funeral processions on Friday for the eight students killed by a 25 year old Palestinian from east Jerusalem, outside the bullet scarred seminary. The family of the accused Palestinian said that he was hysterical over this week’s massacre in the Gaza Strip.

A rabbi, which is a flagship of Israel’s West Bank settlement movement, at the seminary recited Hebrew psalms that the mass repeated. The dead bodies were taken away for funeral. One of the dead students was 26 years old; the rest were between 15 and 19, together with Avraham David Moses, 16, who was an American and moved to Israel in the 1990s. Israel suspicion over Lebanese guerrillas is confirmed by its warplanes sent to Beirut, as per a Lebanese security official. Israel’s army is silent over this issue.

Despite the atrocities, an Israeli official reported that they would not cut off peace talks with the Palestinian leadership. This can perhaps be seen as adherence to Washington’s persistence that extremist violence should not be permitted to overturn efforts to counterfeit a deal by the end of year. Israel will go ahead with the talks “so as not to punish moderate Palestinians for actions by people who are not just our enemies but theirs as well” said the official. Egypt, backed by the US is considering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has not confirmed that Israel will continue to peace talks; however he didn’t deny the statements of the other officials that negotiations will continue.



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Mar

3

Israel continued its militants actions in Gaza

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Since Wednesday more than 100 Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed. Israelis are insisting to defending itself against rocket attack.

Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas has suspended all his formal attacks with Israel and protesting at its actions.

“The violence needs to stop and the talks need to resume.” says US President George W Bush and has joined international calls for a halt to the fighting in Gaza..

“No humane or legal justification for the attacks on Gaza”. says Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey.

And in Rome, Pope Benedict called for a halt to the “spiral of violence, unilaterally and without conditions”.

Israeli Aircrafts killed five militants on Monday and made at least eight different strikes.

The dead are said to be either members of the ruling Hamas movement or the Popular Resistance Committees group

Most of the attacks were made on metal workshops across the territory and the reports says that the Israeli navy was involved in the bombardment.

“Most of the attacks were targeted on weapons manufacturing facilities” says an Israeli army spokesman.

In Southern Israel, more than 25 rockets were fired by militants on Sunday. several reaching Ashkelon, a city of nearly 120,000 people, the Israeli military said.

Israel was blamed for the suspension of all talks by Mr Abbas’s spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina.

He also said that “In light of the Israeli aggression such communication has no meaning,”

After a conference in November in the US city of Annapolis Mr Abbas restarted his talks.

Condoleezza Rice is due to make a scheduled visit to the region early this week, meeting both Mr Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.



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