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US Senator and presidential contender issues scathing rebuke of Obama administration's handling of the Mideast conflict. US Senator Ted Cruz, the conservative Republican firebrand from Texas, is running for president. Up until a few weeks ago, his candidacy was met with indifference as the media and political operatives all dismissed the viability of his candidacy. But that is beginning to change. The voices arguing that Cruz, the favorite of Tea Party fiscal conservatives and Evangelical Christians may have what it takes to win the Republican nomination have multiplied. Since arriving in Washington four years ago, Cruz has arguably been Israel’s...

Libyan forces struck Saturday at the heart of the rebellion against Muammar al-Qaddafi, shelling the outskirts of the rebel capital and launching airstrikes in defiance of international demands for a halt to the fighting. Muammar al-Qadhafi called the United Nations resolution authorizing international military intervention in Libya as "invalid." The Libyan leader says he sent a message to President Barack Obama defending his decision to attack rebel cities: "If you found them taking over American cities by the force of arms, tell me what you would do." Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/19/plane-shot-rebel-held-city-libya-113932449/#ixzz1H3aK7mze

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel started its biggest emergency drill in the nation's history Sunday to prepare civilians, soldiers and rescue crews for the possibility of war, the defense force said in a statement. The five-day drill, nicknamed Turning Point 3, comes amid the nation's rising tensions with Iran. It will be conducted in public facilities, including schools, military bases and government offices. Students, soldiers and other civilians will practice how to gather at protected places during an emergency. Officials said the drill will include simulated rockets, air raids and other attacks on infrastructure and essential facilities, and use of weapons...

  The Arab Palestinians' biting the Israeli hand that feeds them     If you thought that the aftermath events, following Israel's extraordinary give away of Gaza to the "Palestinian" Arabs (2005) was a mere "incident", think again. It was a metaphor.   I am referring of course to the "Palestinian" rampage in destroying the greenhouses donated by the good hearted Jews to the ungrateful Arabs, so they can improve their economy.   This self destruction that is so traditional all throughout history of the group of Arab people that started to call themselves "Palestinians" in the late 1960's,  ...

News organization withdraws photograph of Israeli fighter jet, admits image was doctored, fires photographer. Reuters pledges 'tighter editing procedure for images of the Middle East conflict'

Peretz's comments come in light of the continuation of military operations in south Lebanon and diplomatic efforts to find a solution for the crisis, mainly at the United Nations Security Council. "A military confrontation is not sufficient," Peretz stressed. "It is a tool that creates a room for maneuver for reaching the best political deal." Peretz said that Israel's biggest problem is the fact that over million Israelis are in shelters and the army's duty is to allow northern communities to return to their lives as soon as possible.

Reuters has withdrawn a second photograph and admitted that the image was doctored, following the emergence of new suspicions against images provided by the news organization. On Sunday, Reuters admitted that one of its photographers, Adnan Hajj, used software to distort an image of smoke billowing from buildings in Beirut in order to create the effect of more smoke and damage.

"Palestinians" death cult - Humanity turned Upside down 9/11 & other terror victims in agony are to be cheered, danced & laughed at but monsters on humanity (on non Arabs & on their own people like) Al-Zarqawi & Saddam Hussein are to be sympathized with. They tell us day & night that they are about "freedom", yet, in their entire violent totalitarian society, not one person is ever really free. If they deliberately send their kids to be killed as murderers (bombers or shields for adult shooters), How do they expect us to take them seriously when they make a...

Guilty "Palestinian" Arab Muslim leaders, guilty and hypocrites! From the 'Palestinian' manual on: How to be behind radical Jihadi murder & then "condemn" it... http://www.israelnewsagency.com/israelterrorismhaderairan661026.html Oct-26-2005 Another "Palestinian" Jihadi Genocide bomber, this time in Hadera on innocent civilians in a market, murdering 5 and wounding dozens. The 'Palestinian" Saeb Erakat was quoted in the main news as "condemning" it by saying the "Cycle of Violence must stop"... Iran: wants to wipe off Israel... What? I 'thought' that these Jihadists have a mere "occupation" excuse!!! What else is new? Israel continues to give gestures, especially the latest historic give-away of Gaza...

(via Geopolitical Review) Ken Roth and Human Rights Watch have employed Lucy Mair as a researcher in Israel/Occupied Territories. Ms. Mair's qualifications include writing for the "Electronic Intifada" and work with Grassroots International, a radical pro-Palestinian political organization. (Since HRW's employment process is secret, and not subject to independent review, we are unable to compare her credentials and expertise on universal human rights issues with the other candidates.) Her descriptions of Life in Palestine, and articles for "Palestine Now" etc., focus exclusively on Palestinian "fear and the loss and the humiliation and the despair", with no mention of terror, suicide...

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead seven Palestinian militants, including three senior faction leaders, in Nablus on Saturday in the deadliest raid into the West Bank for months. Reuters Photo AP Photo Among the dead in the militant stronghold was Nayef Abu Sharkh, West Bank leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s Fatah (news - web sites) faction, medics said. Others were the local leader of the military wing of Hamas in Nablus and the top commander for Islamic Jihad in the West Bank city of Jenin, who has...

Area doctors are on call - for war 8 volunteer physicians would serve in Israel if conflict intensifies 11/17/2002 By MICHAEL E. YOUNG / The Dallas Morning News Against the backdrop of unending Middle Eastern tensions, of terrorist attacks and military retaliation, a group of North Texas volunteers prepares for war. And if the conflict escalates that far, these volunteers - eight doctors from the Dallas-Fort Worth area - promise to be in Israel within 72 hours, stationed a few miles from a hostile border, at a hospital possibly overwhelmed with casualties. "Would I be scared? I'm sure I...

Mr. Malley, as Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-Israeli Affairs, was a member of the US peace team and participated in the Camp David summit. Mr. Agha has been involved in Palestinian affairs for more than thirty years and during this period has had an active part in Israeli-Palestinian relations. In accounts of what happened at the July 2000 Camp David summit and the following months of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, we often hear about Ehud Barak's unprecedented offer and Yasser Arafat's uncompromising no. Israel is said to have made a historic, generous proposal, which the Palestinians, once again seizing the...

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A brief glance through my recent works would hardly leave one wondering about my position on the War on Terrorism. Unlike many in the press and on the left side of the congressional aisle, I have minced few words about the atrocities of September 11th or about what course of action that tragic day demands. While some would seek to weaken our resolve in destroying our enemies, I´ve been steadfast in my support of the war effort and the determined leadership of George W. Bush. As other Americans, I have oftentimes been consumed with anger and a desire for...