David Bedein
Iran Wants Dialogue With Iraq, Denies Providing Militants With Weapons To Attack U.S. Forces
Ahmadinejad had hinted he was going to announce on the 28th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that saw hard-line clerics take power in Iran that his country had begun installing 3,000 centrifuges at its nuclear plant at Natanz - a move widely seen as a defiant gesture to international community, which has demanded Iran suspend uranium enrichment.
The Saudi Takeover Of Palestinian Entity
The Israeli government miscalculated when it based its approach toward Hamas on its blind faith in the economic and political boycott. Only two weeks ago, this reporter heard Israel's 83-year-old Deputy Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, the architect of the 1993 Oslo Accord, declare that "only with economics can we make peace." Peres went on to say that if members of terrorist groups perceive economic incentives, they will cease to be terrorists. Peres, not a religious man, has never understood the tenacity of a terrorist movement which is grounded in religion - not only in prosperity.
Tenacity of Terror: The Saudi Takeover of the Palestinian Authority
Parents Sue Israeli Gov’t To Protect Kids From Arab Missiles
Israel does have The Basic Law, which guards the rights and dignity for all of its citizens, and which gives all citizens the right to sue the government in the Israeli citizens court - the Israel High Court of Justice. Experience has it in Israel that when a citizens group needs budget to protect a fundamental need, that citizen group simply sues in the Israel High Court of Justice and the court often orders the government to find a way to protect human rights, and to find the necessary funds for that purpose.
Three-Way Summit Planned
Any Palestinian government that adopts the conditions of the Quartet and the international community will be acceptable to Israel, Olmert said, and Israel will cooperate with it. Yet until then Israel would do everything in its power to prevent terrorism. He said in recent months Israel had exercised absolute restraint, but the Palestinians had not honored the cease-fire for even one day.
Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah:?Iran Is Aiding Hezbollah With Money And Arms
In a letter that 40 members of the ruling UMP party in France sent to President Jacques Chirac, they wrote that "with financing and support from Iran and Syria, the organization (Hezbollah) constitutes a grave threat to the possibility of a peaceful solution in the region. Hezbollah is responsible for the attacks and for the taking of the captives."
Quiet?Israeli-Palestinian Discussions Underway
--Israelis and Palestinians are making the final preparations for the expected summit in the last week of February with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Abu Mazen and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. That summit is supposed to be the launching point of negotiations between the two sides, which will be defined as a framework of meetings and reciprocal examination--Hezbollah Bombs--Israeli Foreign Ministry And Security Officials: 'Nasrallah Will Take Over Lebanon'
Deaths Adding Up In Fatah-Hamas Conflict
--Over the weekend, three cease-fire agreements were signed with the assistance of the Egyptian security delegation, but all of the efforts to bring about reconciliation ended in failure and the battles were renewed--The University Front --Tirawi Strikes Rajoub With His Shoes--Egyptian Spy Scandal
Will Arming Abbas’ Military Forces Backfire On Bush?
Israel's leading news internet magazine, a Hebrew news blog located at http://nfc.co.il, ran an unusual newsworthy headline: "Terror Attacks with U.S. funding." The news item noted that Abbas' armed forces had been strongly armed by Egypt and by Jordan in the past few months, in coordination with the U.S. government, which has made it a matter of policy to strengthen Abbas. Egypt armed 1,900 troops of Abbas' militias, while Jordan armed 3,000 troops loyal to Abbas.