http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/israel/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:33:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418824/posts Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Iran's recently diclosed second uranium enrichment plant is "immune" to conventional bombing. "The new site near Qom is meant for enrichment. What was revealed by the Iranians had been built over years and is located in bunkers that cannot be destroyed through a conventional attack," Barak told parliament's foreign affairs and defence committee. Iran notified the UN nuclear watchdog in September that it was building a second enrichment plant near the central shrine city of Qom, after Washington accused it of covertly evading its notification responsibilities under the Non-Proliferation Treaty. Confirmation... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418824/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418787/posts Compares Jewish state to South African apartheid JERUSALEM – Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers, a close associate for years of President Obama, is one of 431 academics to sign a petition calling for divestment, boycott and sanctions against Israel. "As educators and scholars of conscience in the United States, we fully support this call," reads the online petition by an organization calling itself the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. WND http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418787/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 04:04:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418774/posts Written in a clear style, Rubenstein’s book evokes in simple language, the most crucial issues of our time: is the West repeating the scenario of the 1940s, organising through a UN, dominated by the OIC – particularly the UN Human Rights Council – a worldwide campaign of demonization of Israel in order to justify its destruction? The Council’s acceptance of the Goldstone Report condemning Israel for self-defence adopts the Islamic view in which jihadist attacks are commended but the resistance of those aggressed upon is taken to be aggression against Allah’s rights. Having lost its legitimacy according to the permanently... The New English Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418774/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:09:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404023/posts The trial of a Jewish settler charged with two murders and a string of other attacks has begun in Jerusalem. Yaakov Teitel, an American immigrant who lives in the West Bank, faces 14 charges, including two counts of murder and three of attempted murder. Police called him a "Jewish terrorist" when he was arrested in October. His lawyer says he is mentally disturbed. He refused to stand before the court or make statements, saying only "the Lord is king," Israeli media reported. Relatives of Mr Teitel's alleged victims were present in court, Israeli media reported. "My brother is gone, but... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404023/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:38:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418624/posts Two of our brethren were minding their own business, just publishing an internal-only TSA security directive, when all of a sudden Men with Badges & Subpoenas show up at their homes. The nerve, eh? Let's get the juicy part out of the way first. Here's the full text of super-secret directive: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Transportation Security Administration Aviation Security Directive Subject: Security Directive Number: SD 1544-09-06 Date: December 25, 2009 EXPIRATION: 0200Z on December 30, 2009 This Security Directive (SD) must be implemented immediately. The measures contained in this SD are in addition to all other SDs currently... Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2418624/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418607/posts “We hope the Egyptians get so annoyed they just want to get rid of us.” Jodie Evans, Cairo, December 29, 2009 Top President Barack Obama funder Jodie Evans and her terrorist sympathizing group Code Pink have provoked a violent crisis in Egypt over an attempt to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Hamas-run Gaza to mark the one-year anniversary of Israel’s response to repeated provocations by Hamas terrorists. Evans was joined in Cairo by Obama pals Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dorhn, both former terrorists with the Weather Underground. nye131-150x150 Jodie Evans appealed to Egypt’s First Lady Suzanne Mubarak for help after the... Big Government http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418607/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:28:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418608/posts The conviction that Jewish settlements in the West Bank are illegal is now so commonly accepted, it hardly seems as though the matter is even open for discussion. But it is. Decades of argument about the issue have obscured the complex legal question about which a supposedly overwhelming verdict of guilty has been rendered against settlement policy. There can be no doubt that this avalanche of negative opinion has been deeply influenced by the settlements’ unpopularity around the world and even within Israel itself. Yet, while one may debate the wisdom of Israeli settlements, the idea that they are imprudent... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418608/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:32:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418570/posts Candles of Darkness by Ari Bussel It was the last Monday of the year 2009, and at 5PM already dark here in Los Angeles. The weather treated us nicely, so we stood with only one or two layers, signs in our hands (“We Stand with Israel”) along with US and Israeli flags and candles. We were greatly outnumbered, almost five to one. On the other side of the street, just in front the Israeli Consulate building, about 120 anti-Israel protestors, all white-Caucasian, children to the elderly, stood with candles and signs. The darkness and lights of passing cars obliterated them,... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418570/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:15:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418556/posts I don’t want to be profiled at the airport. It has happened before, and I hate it. Volunteering for more isn’t what I feel like doing right now, but our airport security system is so half-baked and dysfunctional it may as well not even exist, and flying is about to become more miserable anyway. So rather than doubling down on grandma and micromanaging everyone on the plane, we might want to pay as much attention to people as to their luggage, especially military-aged males who make unusual and suspicious-looking travel arrangements. That’s what the Israelis do, and that’s why security... Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418556/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418548/posts While North America's airports groan under the weight of another sea-change in security protocols, one word keeps popping out of the mouths of experts: Israelification. That is, how can we make our airports more like Israel's, which deal with far greater terror threats with far less inconvenience. "It is mind boggling for us Israelis to look at what happens in North America, because we went through this 50 years ago," said Rafi Sela, the president of AR Challenges, a global transportation security consultancy. He has worked with the RCMP, the U.S. Navy Seals and airports around the world. "Israelis, unlike... Toronto Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418548/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:28:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418388/posts An Iranian opposition website today said the government was moving troops and armoured military vehicles to the capital on the day supporters of opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi planned to hold a rally. RTE News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418388/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:04:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418298/posts Israel must simultaneously pursue three interdependent tracks for advancing Israeli-Palestinian relations: capacity-building measures that foster the rule of law within the Palestinian Authority, regional economic cooperation, and meaningful political dialogue. Although conducting dialogue with the Palestinians is a matter of utmost importance for Israel, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's recent plan to unilaterally declare statehood after a two-year state-building process is unrealistic. The emergence of a future Palestinian state will only be a result of consensus and successful negotiations, not an artificial timeline. If we are to proceed with a viable diplomatic process with the Palestinians, it is critically important... Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418298/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417848/posts (IsraelNN.com) A delegation of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace (RCP) met with U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Mr. James Cunningham, today and called for a reassessment of the entire U.S. policy vis-à-vis the Israelis and Palestinians. The rabbis told Ambassador Cunningham that it was time to try the Biblical approach to the dispute over the Land of Israel. "The past 17 years have proven without a shadow of a doubt that every square inch ceded by Israel to the Palestinians was transformed into a platform of hatred and terrorism," INN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417848/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:59:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417794/posts (IsraelNN.com) Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas publicly proclaimed three terrorists who murdered a Jewish father of seven children to be “shaheeds” – holy martyrs, according to a report by the PA media watchdog, Palestinian Media Watch. PMW Bulletins http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417794/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417618/posts Washington -- The United States said on Tuesday that any potential transfer of uranium from Kazakhstan to Iran would be illegal. WashingtonTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417618/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:45:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417530/posts The U.S. Navy, worried by Iran's increasing underwater capability, has revealed for the first time that the rogue nation has acquired its submarine technology largely from North Korea, which has provided both mini-submarines and manufacturing know-how, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The revelation comes as the Office of Naval Intelligence, or ONI, recently released its latest report on Iran's conventional navy, with the observation that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, is working on programs to achieve an underwater stealth capability. WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417530/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417484/posts A U.S. federal judge Tuesday castigated the Obama administration for being “particularly unhelpful” and the State Department for being “mealy mouthed” concerning a lawsuit filed against the Palestinian Authority for a terrorist attack. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417484/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:59:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417309/posts QuestionSince people can be saved only through Christ, how did the Old Testament saints get saved? AnswerThrough Christ. Through Jesus Christ. Question continuesBut, Christ did not die until after they died. AnswerOh, you mean, what did they have to do at the moment to be saved? Everyone is saved through Christ. He died for the sins of the world. For them, it was future. For us, it is past, but it was still through Christ. It was His death, His sacrifice. It atoned for the sins of the OT saints as well as the NT saints. And, every time they... Bible Bulletin Board http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2417309/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417292/posts One of the holy grails of the Palestinian movement is the "right of return," and it is one that always haunts any peace agreement. Alongside it is one of the most vilified pieces of Israeli legislation, the Absentee Property Law, which has provided more grist for the academic mill of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict than anything else. Even after 60 years of conflict, there is very little understanding by Palestinians or others of either the concept of "return" or that of absentee property - which together represent an idea and the thing to which people might return. It is important to... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417292/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:24:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417149/posts The would-be bomber of the airplane en route to Detroit, Michigan last Friday is from a wealthy family and stayed in Yemen in an area heavily populated by the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, which said it was behind the bombing. The attempted terrorist attack again exploded the myth that claims that poverty spawns terrorism, following several incidents of wealthy Muslims being involved in terror. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417149/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:39:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417106/posts A Mass Grave NO MORE by Ari Bussel Like an ancient song, the melody has not changed: a group of Palestinians, armed and trained by the USA with Israeli consent, target a single driver in Judea and Samaria. He was just 45 when his life was taken. His only fault: being Jewish. He dies, leaving a wife and seven children behind. A senseless act of murdering another human being is “heroism” to a barbarian. We, the Jewish People, cannot comprehend this murder. Everything we believe points to holding the sanctity of life above all else. Our enemies, animals of the... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417106/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:19:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417062/posts The US administration is heading towards placing "paralyzing" sanctions on Iran, Israeli Ambassador to Washington Michael Oren said Tuesday. Speaking to Army Radio, Oren added that although it was "too early," the US had also not yet abandoned the military option. "The Americans attribute the highest importance to the Iranian issue," he said during the interview. "The US, along with other countries, is preparing to impose paralyzing sanctions on [Iran], and preparations are happening even now." Oren went on to reject claims that US President Barack Obama was trying to downgrade relations between Washington and Jerusalem, saying, "The man is... The Woodward Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417062/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:15:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416984/posts (IsraelNN.com) The Lebanese Army said Tuesday it had fired at four Israeli planes that flew low over south Lebanon. UN observers said that the Israeli flyovers violated UN Security Council resolution 1701, which was passed after the second Lebanon war. INN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416984/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:02:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416980/posts AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad branded Sunday's anti-government protests as a "nauseating play" staged by the United States and Israel, state news agency IRNA reported. "Iranians have seen lots of these games. Americans and Zionists are the sole audience of a play they have commissioned and sold out," he said on Tuesday in reaction to the protests, in which eight people were killed. "A nauseating play is performed," he said. AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416980/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:59:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416750/posts The United States' recent request for a public clarification from National Security Adviser Uzi Arad following the IDF's killing of three wanted Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades terrorists in Nablus is unusual and raises questions. Arad's reported need to explain to his US counterparts the defensive nature of the IDF operation several days after the Iranian-backed terror cell's murder of Rabbi Meir Chai, a father of seven, seems exceptional. This IDF operation was no different than hundreds of other actions against Palestinian terror groups that have murdered well over 1,000 Israeli civilians since the Palestinian Authority launched the Aksa war of terror... JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416750/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:38:02 GMT