http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/israel/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:13:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286435/posts An Israeli company has sold a one-third interest in a medical device it developed to a British-Taiwanese company for $370 million – making the total value of SafeSky's LifeKeeper Patch over $1 billion. The deal, between SafeSky and Micro-Star International (MSI), is one of the biggest ever in relative terms for an Israeli hi-tech industry. SafeSky will retain 67% of the ownership of the patch, and MSI has an option to purchase a bigger share later on – at five times the price it paid this week. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286435/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:13:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286412/posts Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The Prime Minister's office issued a statement in response Sunday morning, saying that "the Sunday Times report is fundamentally false and completely baseless." According to The Sunday Times, Mossad chief Meir Dagan held secret meetings with Saudi officials, who gave their tacit approval to Israel's use of the kingdom's airspace. Advertisement "The Saudis have tacitly... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286412/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286406/posts Quick, name the two largest recipients of American foreign aid. If you guessed Israel and Egypt, you'd be correct. Since 1997, the US has provided between $2 billion and $3 billion dollars annually to Israel and between $1b. and $2b. to Egypt, accounting for about a third of its total foreign aid budget. Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286406/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:28:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286399/posts Israel is urging the United States and other countries to start preparing now for the possibility that Washington's proposed dialogue with Iran will fail, by readying a "Plan B" that includes "paralyzing sanctions" and other measures against Tehran. The U.S. has resisted this idea so far. The Israeli messages - sent against the background of the recent unrest in Iran - have been delivered to the White House, the State Department and senior officials in the U.S. intelligence community by senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry. Similar messages have been sent to senior officials in... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286399/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286279/posts US pressures IAI to drop bid on fighter jets to India By YAAKOV KATZ Under pressure from the Pentagon, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been forced to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to compete in a multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. The deal, estimated at a whopping $12 billion for over 120 new aircraft, is being fought over by Lockheed Martin's F-16, Boeing's F-18/Hornet, Russia's MiG-35 and BAE's Eurofighter. IAI was asked by Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, to jointly develop an advanced... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286279/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286277/posts 35 Years After by Ari Bussel While in Israel, I was invited to visit the old cemetery of Tsfat. Major restoration work is taking place there, alongside a hillside spread with stones. Underneath are hundreds of graves. Over the centuries, their tombstones became rubble, washed away by rain, exposing some of the graves underneath. This was my opportunity to learn that all tombstones in a Jewish cemetery face East, thus all headrests are aligned, row after row, toward Jerusalem. A separate section of the cemetery is the final resting place of a group of school children murdered 35 years ago... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286277/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:08:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286265/posts Just when the Obama-voting Jews thought their hero was going to show a pro-Israel policy they had the rug pulled out of them. Vice-President Joe Six pack was interviewed on ABC News' "This Week With the Guy Who has morning Conference Calls with Democratic Party Strategists, George Stephanopoulos" During the interview he seemed to indicate a change in Obama's policy of tying Israel's hands with regards to Iran. Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not..We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation... Newsmax/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286265/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:32:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286202/posts An IDF Navy Dolphin-class submarine that participated in maneuvers off the Eilat coast last week returned to Israel via the Suez Canal on Sunday according to witnesses' reports. However, an Israeli defense official told Reuters there would be no permanent deployment in Eilat of the German-made submarines, of which the Navy has three, with two more on order. "If anything, we are scaling down our naval operations in Eilat," the official was quoted as saying on Sunday. A senior naval source explained that the "submarines need the open water, and that's just not available at Eilat." "Also, the navy cannot... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286202/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:04:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286193/posts Tucked away in a far corner of northern Europe, the tranquil and resourceful nation of Finland often gets unjustly overlooked. Flanked by a swaggering and increasingly quarrelsome Russia to the east and its larger and blonder Swedish neighbor to the west, the Finns seem to receive neither the attention nor the consideration that they rightly deserve. Indeed, despite being beset by harsh winters and a dearth of arable land, as well as enjoying the dubious distinction of being the European Union's most sparsely populated country, Finland has nonetheless built one of the most pleasant and peaceful societies on the entire... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286193/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:52:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286192/posts Jordanian police Sunday arrested 11 people, including trade union leaders, to break up a demonstration against fruit and vegetable imports from Israel, protest organizers said. They were taken to the Shmeisani police station, in west of Amman, half an hour after they started their protest outside the ministry of agriculture, the sources and an AFP reporter said. "We demand that the government bans imports of fruits and vegetables from the Zionist entity (Israel)," the 14 trade unions which organized the protest said in a joint statement. Agriculture Minister Said Masri "should be sacked because he did not do anything to... YNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286192/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:50:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286157/posts “Jesus Was Not A Jew But A Prophet Of Islam” And Other Stupid Palestinian Tricks Those funny Palestinians,they claimed that they want to make peace with the Jewish state they have a really messed up way of showing it. Especially their evil clergy Instead of trying to teach peace Senior PA religious official repeat incendiary lies and libels about Israel and Jews while manufacturing Christian and Jewish history In a single TV interview, one of the Palestinian Authority's most senior religious officials has reiterated several of the many fundamental lies, libels and defamations about Israel, Jews and Jewish history that... PMW/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286157/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:30:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286144/posts Religious Jews have rioted in Jerusalem on the Jewish Sabbath for the second straight week. Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews took to the streets of Jerusalem, throwing stones and scuffling with police. The demonstrators were protesting the opening of a parking lot on the Sabbath to accommodate an influx of Israeli visitors from around the country to Jerusalem's Old City. Jewish religious law forbids driving on the Sabbath and the Orthodox accuse the secular government and public at large of desecrating the biblical holy day of rest. Some demonstrators chanted that "Sabbath desecrators will die." Riots first erupted last month when... VOA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286144/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286072/posts Israel, Fighter Jets, Submarines, Satellites and Iran By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel ---- July 5, 2009 ...... As Israel receives explicit consent from Saudi Arabia to use their airspace to two defend both nations from a nuclear Iran, Israel maintains several other options to defend herself from an Iran nuclear threat. The Sunday Times of London reported today that Israel Mossad director Meir Dagan has held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility of using Saudi Arabia airspace for a air strike to take out Iran's nuclear weapon manufacturing facilities. "The Saudis have tacitly agreed... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286072/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286062/posts Saudi Arabia would turn the other cheek and allow Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports. According to the report, Mossad chief Meir Dagan has told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Syria has hinted to the move. “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israel air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source stated. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286062/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286060/posts The Poison of Arab Muslim Immigration in EuropeIt's the Arabism's racism and Islamic hatred, by Arab-Muslim immigration into Europe, like in Spain, France, etc. that boost the venemous anti-Jewish hatred accompanied by the diabolic Palestinianism DENIAL of Jewish history in their original homeland as opposed to the Arab immigrants that have adopted the name Palestinians since the 1960s. Or the general victimhood mentality by the anti-Jewish Arab-Muslim aggressor that seeks to annihilate all Jews, that hold civilians hostage and as pawns to be victimized in their war against the innocent Jews in Israel. [PDF] A Global Campaign of Hate Against... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286060/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:34:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286021/posts Later today, the president will travel to Russia as part of a week trip through Europe and Africa. He'll stop at the Vatican, meet with the other leaders of the G8, and travel to Ghana. President Obama is scheduled to leave Washington tonight on a week-long trip that will help determine whether his personal popularity and fresh policy approaches can yield concrete results on difficult issues including arms control, missile defense and nuclear nonproliferation. The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286021/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:04:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286006/posts The American lawyer Alan Dershowitz is one of the most prolific, high-profile and indefatiguable defenders of Israel and the Jewish people against the tidal wave of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling currently coursing through the west. So a piece by him in the Wall Street Journal giving expression to the rising anxiety being felt about Obama by American Jews naturally arouses great interest. But just like the majority of American Jews, getting on for 80 per cent of whom voted for Obama, he is a Democrat supporter who is incapable of acknowledging the truth about this President. For most American Jews,... Spectator Blogs (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286006/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285988/posts Please, bid in shekels or dollars. Ms. McKinney may learn to appreciate her United States citizenship after this experience, and stop envying Castro, Chavez, and every other country. Here is a capsulized summary of Ms McKinney's history: Cynthia McKinney - one busy woman June 19, 2006 by chrisgraham augustafreepress.com Column by Max Friedman: Cynthia McKinney - One Busy womanIn between hitting cops and and playing the race card, wacko Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., keeps busy with the left on a number of subjects. Just pulling her file is a full day’s work, but it is worthwhile keeping track of her... JoeClarke.Net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285988/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:06:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285978/posts Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not stand in Israel's way if Israel believes military action is needed to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. Biden says the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do." AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285978/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285926/posts U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Obama administration would not stand in Israel's way should the latter chooses to take military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. Israel has the right to determine its own course of action with regard to the Iranian nuclear threat regardless of what the Obama administration chooses to do, Biden told ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos. When asked whether the Obama administration would restrain Israeli military action against Iran, Biden responded: "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285926/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285844/posts .S. President Barack Obama is turning to the Pope to back his vision of a new Arab state on all of Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. The president told the Catholic Italian newspaper Avvenire, one week before a scheduled meeting with the Pope in Italy, “It [the Middle East] is a subject I am keen to discuss with the pope. I think he will share my approach." Powered by WebAds President Obama has dug in his heels in insisting that Israel stop all building for Jews in Judea and Samaria, and the State Department has indicated that the ban... Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285844/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 11:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285818/posts Former congresswoman and current crazywoman Cynthia McKinney is spending a little time in an Israeli hoosegow this week. Only a matter of time, you say? Well, she isn't there because of the time her father blamed her electoral defeat on the "J-E-W-S." Nor, as far as we can tell, is it due to her habit of roughing up cops—although there's no official word about her demeanor when her Greek-flagged Gaza-blockade runner was boarded by the aforementioned J-E-W-S in uniform. McKinney found herself in dangerous waters as part of her new affiliation with the Green Party (she was their presidential nominee... Reason http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285818/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 09:59:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285767/posts The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility. The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials. “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285767/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285763/posts President Obama's myopic pursuit of engaging the Islamist terrorist regime policy has made him reluctant to upset the Iranian government. His weak response to Iranian government's reign of terror against its own people, not only goes against the most basic of American values, but it has also struck fear in the hearts of those looking to bring freedom and democracy to the Middle East. Beyond that it seems that Obama is backing off on sanctions against Iran, the latest reports say that he is fighting against new sanctions being imposed at the upcoming G8 summit. The President is acting like... JPOST/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285763/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 04:51:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285685/posts The American lawyer Alan Dershowitz is one of the most prolific, high-profile and indefatiguable defenders of Israel and the Jewish people against the tidal wave of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish feeling currently coursing through the west. So a piece by him in the Wall Street Journal giving expression to the rising anxiety being felt about Obama by American Jews naturally arouses great interest. But just like the majority of American Jews, getting on for 80 per cent of whom voted for Obama, he is a Democrat supporter who is incapable of acknowledging the truth about this President. For most American Jews,... American Spectator http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285685/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:23:43 GMT