http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/israel/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:39:42 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051171/posts WASHINGTON -- Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said Thursday. The probe found that the missile launch codes were outdated and remained secure at all times. But the July 12 incident comes on the heels of a series of missteps by the Air Force that had already put the service under intense scrutiny. "This was just a procedural violation that we investigated," said Air Force Col. Dewey Ford, a spokesman at Peterson Air Force Base... TheNewsTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051171/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:39:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051094/posts The Religious Left in America and internationally is viscerally opposed to Israel, whom it exclusively faults for nearly all Middle East turmoil. But liberal churchmen in the West used to support Israel, welcoming its creation as a providential reaction to the horrors of the Holocaust. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051094/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:35:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051114/posts On July 2, 2008 an Arab terrorist seized a bulldozer in Jerusalem, rammed it into people and vehicles, and ended up murdering three people (including the mother of an infant) and injuring dozens. The home of the murderer was not demolished. Because the murderer held Israeli citizenship, as an East Jerusalem resident, his family members collected “survivor benefits” from Israel’s National Insurance Institute (like social security). They probably also collected payoffs from the Palestinian terrorist groups or their bankrollers in Arab countries who reward families of murderers. Terrorist family members were not expelled or deported. All in all, engaging in... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2051114/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:04:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051085/posts A mysterious explosion in a suburb of Teheran that killed 15 people last Saturday was likely an attack on a Iranian military convoy carrying arms to Hizbullah, the Telegraph reported Friday. The Revolutionary Guards imposed a news black-out immediately after the blast, but the UK newspaper reported that it looked like sabotage was responsible for destroying the convoy as it traveled through Khavarshahar. The newspaper noted that the company responsible for moving the military equipment, LTK, was owned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and was allegedly involved in shipping arms to Hizbullah. Last Saturday's incident was the latest in a... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051085/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:23:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051068/posts Here in Miami we amuse ourselves -- please forgive the impertinence -- by making jokes about the elderly and their driving habits. Perhaps it is a defense mechanism of sorts. The latest one to make the rounds has the old woman desperately calling 911. She has just entered her car and found that she has been robbed: they took the radio, the CD player, and even the steering wheel. The dispatcher promises to send an officer forthwith. Ten minutes later the policeman calls his report back in to headquarters: "No emergency here. The lady got into the back seat by... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051068/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051050/posts THREE PROPHETIC PARALLELISMS CONCERNING ISRAEL. By Rev. JAMES C.SMITH, of Dufftown (At the Glasgow Conference, June, 1894.) To understand the the Old Testament you must understand Israel; to understand the New Testament you must study the Church. The great subject of the Bible is sin, and the great doctrine of the Bible is the putting away of sin by the grace of God. All other subjects fall under this great line of study. If the Bible casts its teaching in any special form or mould more than another, it is in the form of parallelism, and this is one of... Things To Come -- A Journal of Biblical Literature http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2051050/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:37:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050926/posts Barack Obama's visits to the Israeli town of Sderot, which was struck by Palestinian rocket attacks, and the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial are smart moves. They underline that he stands, beyond any doubt, in solidarity with Israel against "terrorism". You assume that it is smart to exploit the suffering and death of millions of Jews in the Holocaust for Israeli and/or American political goals. But how does his visit to Sderot square with any solidarity with the decades-long dispossessed, oppressed and occupied Palestinians? Well, that is why he visited Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime... Al Jazeera http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050926/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:24:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050862/posts Reputedly moderate Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas is reported to have sent greetings to Samir Kuntar, the Lebanese terrorist freed in last week’s Israel-Hizbullah exchange who in a 1979 attack killed a 28-year-old Israeli man in front of his 4-year-old daughter and then killed the girl by smashing her head. Abbas was on a visit to Malta at the time and was under no known pressure to issue his tidings. Even if he was – Samir Kuntar being popular among Abbas’s Fatah Party, which held a rally in Ramallah to laud his release and that of the remains of Palestinian... Jewish Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050862/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:47:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050782/posts JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plastered the entrance to the Western Wall – the holiest site in Judaism – with official campaign posters, WND has learned. Jerusalem police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld confirmed to WND posters that adorned police barricades erected at the Western Wall plaza for Obama's visit were distributed by the presidential candidate's campaign. "These posters were his campaign and not the doing of the police," said Rosenfeld, whose police department coordinated security and provided protection for Obama's visit today to the holy site. Asked if it was traditional practice for politicians visiting the Western Wall to bring... WorldNet Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050782/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:29:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050770/posts New Gallup poll data indicate that he leads Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, by 60 percent to 33 percent among Jewish voters. In 2004, Sen. John F. Kerry won 74 percent. In 2000, Al Gore won 79 percent, about what Bill Clinton took in 1996 and 1992. Jonathan Sarna, a historian of American Jewry, said that Carter was the only Democrat in many decades who won the presidency -- in 1976 -- with less than 70 percent of U.S. Jews supporting him. As of today, Obama is 10 points shy of that benchmark. The Patriot Room http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050770/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:08:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050747/posts Iran has signalled it will no longer co-operate with International Atomic Energy Agency experts investigating for signs of nuclear weapons programmes, confirming that the probe - launched a year ago with great expectations - was at a dead end. Coming from Iranian Vice President Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, the announcement compounded international scepticism about denting Tehran's nuclear defiance just five days after Tehran stonewalled demands from six world powers to suspend activities that can produce the fissile core of warheads. Besides demanding a stop to uranium enrichment - which can create both fuel and the nuclear missile payloads - the international... The Press Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050747/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050457/posts The Wednesday CBS Evening News story on Barack Obama's day in Israel presumed Jewish concerns about his commitment to Israel are unreasonable as reporter Sheila MacVicar empathized with Obama's plight while she fretted about how an Israeli newspaper columnist “referred to him by his full name: Barack Hussein Obama.” After noting that Obama “did spend an hour with the Palestinian President, something John McCain did not do on his trip here,” MacVicar stressed the “the focus of the day was to try to reassure Jewish voters who are suspicious of him.” From Jerusalem, she then held up a copy of... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050457/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050459/posts The Israeli army chief of staff has said in Washington that all options must be prepared to counter Iran's controversial nuclear programme, in remarks relayed on Thursday. "We are all united over the understanding that Iran must not be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon and that there is no doubt that diplomacy must be given priority," Major General Gabi Ashkenazi said on Israeli public radio. "But we all realise, both the Americans and us, that all options must be prepared," said the chief of staff, who is on his first visit to Washington since taking office last year. AFP Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050459/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:25:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050714/posts                Now We Know Jennifer Rubin - 07.23.2008 - 10:50 AM Barack Obama has repeatedly expressed puzzlement at how American Jews could be wary of him. At various shuls and before AIPAC he has brought up the email/whispering campaign, his middle name and even the comments of other African-Americans to explain why Jews haven’t all been smitten by the Great Man. The tone, not just from him, but from his blogoshpere friends has often been one of “But how can it be that they doubt him?” Well, now there are plenty of stories... Commentary Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050714/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:31:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050647/posts On the heels of John McCain's strong statement to Israel and the Jews that he would "not allow a second Holocaust" to happen, Barack Hussein Obama was asked whether he'd prevent a second Holocaust by reporters during his trip to Israel. The setting for the question is notable. It was just before he made a photo op visit to "Yad VaShem," the Holocaust museum in Israel. What is also notable was Obama's "response" and how it was "covered" by the Mainstream media. While the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon and Cam Simpson noted the question, they did not note the... debbieschlussel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050647/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:30:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050656/posts Russia will supply to Iran advanced anti-aircraft systems by the end of 2008 or early 2009, Reuters reported with reference to a source with Israel's Ministry of Defense. According to the source, Russia will supply advanced S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Iran. The delivery of first consignment has been slated for September, but deploying and making the systems operable will take from six to 12 months... Kommersant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050656/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:46:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050559/posts Before heading to the airport to depart for Germany, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, came to the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem for a pre-dawn visit, arriving at 5:01 am local time. The visit did not appear on the official schedule nor had it been anounced by the campaign, but dozens of people were waiting for him, apparently tipped off. At 5:11 am, Obama --a white yarmulke atop his head, a pack of Secret Service agents surrounding him -- walked from the motorcade with a small group of men to a sectioned off area of the Western wall... abc news, reuters, yeshiva world news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050559/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:16:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts In the wake of this week’s bulldozer terrorist attack on King David Street, the second bulldozer terrorist attack in the capital this month, security officials are acutely aware that the Arab residents of Jerusalem currently pose the greatest terrorist threat to Israel. Already, police have arrested 71 Jerusalem Arabs this year on suspicion of planning or knowing about planned acts of terror. That number is up drastically from the 34 Jerusalem Arabs who were arrested on terror-related charges in all of 2007. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050501/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:35:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050495/posts While visiting US presidential hopeful Barack Obama was meeting with top Israeli leaders on Wednesday, representatives of leading Israeli and American Jewish organizations came together under the banner of the Coalition for a United Jerusalem to demand that the candidate reaffirm his initial support for a unified Jerusalem under Israeli control. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050495/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050492/posts Israeli security and the American Secret Service on Wednesday decided to cancel visiting US presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to the Gaza border region for fear of Palestinian snipers. Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050492/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:27:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050488/posts Stirring the Pot July 24, 2008 The New Republic Shmuel Rosner Will Israel bomb its way to the table? Israeli politicians have suggested for years that they might attack Iran, but, lately, they seem to be dropping more hints than usual. At the beginning of June, Israel's deputy prime minister, Shaul Mofaz, flatly told the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth that, if Iran continues its nuclear program, Israel "will attack it." Mofaz's comments struck many observers as more political than substantial--one of the things an ambitious Israeli leader does to bolster his odds of becoming the next prime minister. But the... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050488/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:24:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050463/posts Barack Obama completed his trip to the Middle East with a pre-dawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism where he received a mixed reaction from Orthodox Jews. The US presidential nominee was heckled as he visited the Western Wall in the early hours of Thursday morning, bowing his head in prayer and observing traditional custom by placing a folded piece of paper into the crevice of the wall. Orthodox men interrupted their morning prayers to catch a glimpse of the Illinois senator, reaching out to shake his hand as he passed them by. But not all were taken by... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050463/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:33:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050445/posts Click video link to view. Youtube/GatewayPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050445/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:46:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050442/posts Barack Obama’s world tour wasn’t without problems for the campaign. The novice Democrat Party Candidate visited the Western Wall early Thursday morning. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2050442/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:44:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050425/posts Ayatollah Khomeini's heirs are breathing new life into the Islamic revolution in the hope of transforming Iran into a regional power. The Iranian revolution can only point to a single achievement in the Arab world: Hizbullah and its leader Hassan Nasrallah are keeping revolutionary fervor alive in Lebanon. This base of exported revolution is central to Iran's political-diplomatic efforts to achieve a higher status in the region and in the world. Two additional foundations of Iranian power must be added: * The Iranian nuclear program, complete with delivery systems capable of reaching targets in the Middle East and Europe. *... Jerusalem Center for Public affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050425/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:43 GMT