Light plane with 4 Jews which headed to Israel from Cyprus crashed less than 200ft from a major storage of ammonia. Haifa airport is surrounded with highly dangerous chemical factories. Ammonia leakage could easily cause thousands of deaths.
The EU called on its financial institutions to voluntarily restrict export financing for sales to Iran, and barred public loan guarantees for trade with Iran.
The new sanctions are whoppingly useless as we don’t recall any deal with Iran in the recent years which depended on European export financing.
After massive air exercises in the Mediterranean within the reach of the S-300 a Cyprus, the IAF is certain it can jam the top-of-the-line Russian anti-aircraft battery.
Iran claims to having purchased S-300 from Russia while Russia denies the deal. Both countries have reputation of liars.
Putin started his term with war in Chechnya. Medvedev opted for a higher-profile war with Georgia.
Russia had practically annexed breakaway Georgian provinces of South Osetia and Abkhazia by massively issuing Russian passports to locals. Then, Russia sent its “peacekeeping” troops ostensibly to protect its citizens there.
After Georgia invaded South Osetia in the attempt to regain the province it had quite lost 16 years ago, Russians bombed Georgian military bases and are now amassing troops at Georgian border.
Russia’s furious response is largely due to Georgia’s unfortunate timing of the invasion. Putin, who is heading now to the Chinese Olympics, was surely incredibly irritated by what he sees as Georgia’s treacherous behavior: they messed with his vacation plans.
If Russia goes around the world bombing the countries which allegedly mistreat its citizens, that would be quite a sort of the new world order.
Israel might take notice how a small but proud Georgia disregarded the American advice to be nice with Russia, and forcefully claimed its land rights while Bush went to the Olympics. Without much concern about the world opinion, Georgia inflicted hundreds of casualties in insurgents and civilians in a matter of hours.
Israeli human rights NGO Hamoked demands refugee rights to Fatah supporters from Gaza. According to Hamoked scum, eight poor Fatah thugs in Gaza fled their homes and spend nights in streets because Hamas seeks to arrest them for attempting putsch.
We wonder, what Israel has to do with Fatah-Hamas brotherly slaughter? Let them kill as much each other’s members as they could.
Police spokesman bragged before the previous interrogation that they need only a few minutes to verify Olmert’s signature on the bills. Then, the police had spend three hours instead of the planned two. Still, police accused Olmert of stalling interrogation.
After the leftist Supreme Court ruled that Mazuz can dethrone Olmert should he duck the investigation, police arranged today for a surprise interrogation which lasted for hours.
The case against Olmert is apparently not that strong.
Spanish court issued arrest warrants for a number of Israelis whom the Palestinians accuse of assassinating Hamas chief Salah Shehadeh in 2002 and about a dozen of Palestinian civilians who happened to be nearby. During Ariel Sharon’s prime ministership, Israel just dropped a 2,000 lbs bomb on Shehadeh.
Spain had only recognized Israel in 1986.
Yesterday, we were puzzled by Israel releasing from jail three high-ranking Hamas members held in administrative detention: two ministers and one MP. The deal became clear today when Hamas released 150-200 Fatah prisoners it took in Gaza days ago. Israel released her Hamas prisoners so that Hamas releases its Fatah prisoners. Israel held the high-ticket Hamas prisoners to exchange for Shalit.
Israel’s unusual cooperation with Fatah is probably due to the fact that Israel aided Fatah in the attempted putsch in Gaza, which Hamas has foiled. Fatah, accordingly, blamed Israel for the arrest of its supporters in Gaza, and Israel joined in their release.
some capable of striking any targets deep in Israel, Debka reports. Before the 2006 war, Hizbullah held about 10,000 rockets.
Hizbullah violated every term of the 2006 ceasefire, and deployed anti-aircraft batteries at Baruch and Sannin peaks. Though useless against Israeli fighter aircraft (but not helicopters), the batteries can give Iran advanced warning of Israeli strike.
The embassy’s staff visited Hebron with Israeli ultra-left scum called “Breaking the silence” which accuses a few hundred Jewish residents of Hebron of harassing more than hundred thousand Arabs nearby.
In a clear sign of economic progress, Palestinians were building a half-mile-long pipeline to transport fuel into Gaza.
Their ingenuity and labor are truly admirable. About one hundred tunnels operate in Gaza, with new ones coming up daily. Smugglers use them extensively for anything from cigarettes to weapons, and the going rate for smuggling is $100 per box of anything.
so that Palestinian trucks can travel on Israeli highway. Yesterday, Palestinians massively stoned Israeli cars at nearby Gush Etzion junction.
It is unclear why Jews should allow hostile foreigners using our roads. Let them build their own instead of parasitising on our taxpayers.
US claimed a fourth round of useless sanctions is being finalized.
Russia returned to the old Soviet habit of stirring troubles everywhere. Moscow’s rejection of the token new sanctions pushes Israel to attack Iran, thus causing widespread anti-American sentiment in the Muslim world.
Debka reports that Israel expects the additional ten F-16I long-range fighter bombers by the next year’s end. Presumably, Israel won’t be waiting that long and will attack Iran with the currently available 90 aircraft.
Olmert surely wants to enter the annals by striking Iran, and so is extremely limited in time.
Iran continues faking its weapons test reports. After forging the ballistic missile tests in Photoshop, Iran also faked its ground-to-sea 200-mile-range missile’s report.
after a complain about Yesha Council members attending a British ambassador’s party. Britain, a colonial monarchy, has a problem with Jewish colonization of Judea.
After the notorious mouthpiece of Islamic terrorists broadcasted the released arch-terrorist’s Samir Kuntar fireworks party, Israeli Government Press Office threatened to reduce cooperation with Al Jazeera to a minimal level until the network provides acceptable explanation.
The stupidity is unbelievable. What explanation does they want? Al Jazeera, an Islamic network which routinely lauds international terrorists, broadcasted one terrorist’s party. What is not clear to the GPO morons?
Worse, it is mind-boggling that Israel allows Al Jazeera to operate in the country, let alone extends to it more than a minimal legally required cooperation.
Eight Jews barred from the private land plot the owner tries to reclaim from Palestinian squatters near Shuafat refugee camp.
One would be hard pressed to recall an incident of police similarly barring Arabs from entering private Jewish land.
The policeman placed under house arrest for allegedly shooting a 9- or 11-year-old Arab who was cutting barbed wire near the village of Niliin. The Arab participated in mass riots against separation barrier. Palestinians routinely put children in the line of fire to get media coverage.
In a surprise verdict, the Supreme Court rejected PA’s sovereignty claims and ruled Israelis can sue Palestinian Authority as any incorporated body. Claims can be settled from Israeli tax transfers to Palestinians.
Terror victims should now rush to sue the PA before Israel recognizes its statehood and sovereignty.
