Barak: At last minute, Iran avoided crossing nuclear threshold

By ISRAEL HAYOM— Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday that Iran almost crossed the nuclear weapons threshold during the past summer, but at the last moment decided to divert its enriched uranium for civilian use instead. In an interview with British daily The Telegraph published on Wednesday, Barak said that had Iran decided to…

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Hamas aims Grad at Dimona reactor

By DEBKAFILE— Less than 24 hours after Sudanese President Omar Bashir pledged “decisive steps against Israeli interests which are now legitimate targets,” for the destruction of the Iranian missile plant in Khartoum, Palestinian rocket teams early Sunday, Oct. 28, fired Grad missiles as target finders against Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona. This is reported exclusively…

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Don’t Worry, Be Jewish

By RON JAGER— For mainstream Jewish America, the unquestioning and almost automatic support US Jews give President Obama seems to be inconsistent with their values and incompatible with their better interests. Under Obama’s policies, poverty has increased significantly, not only making more people poor, but making the poor poorer. Minorities and women have fared unusually…

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Philip, the Logical Disciple

By DANIEL MCCABE— “Always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you.” 1 Peter 3:15 Mrs. Taylor, my third grade teacher, taught me the multiplication tables.  When I concentrate I can still remember those days.  Nine times three—twenty-seven.  Nine times four—thirty six.  I…

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IDF officer warns of repeat Lebanon war

By REUTERS– Israel would use a lot fewer cluster munitions in any future war with Hezbollah than it did in their 2006 conflict, even though it would go into southern Lebanon earlier and harder, a senior Israeli military officer said on Monday. The disclosure confirms Israel already has detailed planning for an offensive aiming to…

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Israel and all that jazz

By JIM FLETCHER, JPOST – CHRISTIAN EDITION— For 20 years, from the euphoria of the Six Day War to the first intifada, Christian Zionists enjoyed an unparalleled period of popularity. Bible prophecy conferences, breakthroughs in Christian-Jewish relations, and conservative presidents like Ronald Reagan made it cool to love Israel. That was then. Now, a whole…

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Obama tried to restore ties with Iran in 2009

By ELI BARDENSTEIN, AL MONITOR— A few months after he was elected President of the United States, Barack Obama tried to gradually restore diplomatic ties with Iran, even to the extent of reopening embassies and establishing full diplomatic relations. The Islamic republic rebuffed the proposal out of fear for the future of the ayatollah-backed regime.…

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Obama or Romney: Who is Better for Israel?

By PHIL ORENSTEIN, FRONTPAGMAG— Two distinguished and knowledgeable speakers, Dan Fleshler, a media and public affairs strategist in New York City, and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, trustee of the City University of New York and former FBI foreign counter-intelligence agent, represented the 2012 presidential candidates at the October 14  Israeli Affairs Breakfast at the Reform Temple of…

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The limits of US Power

By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— Monday’s US Presidential debate on foreign policy came and went. And we are none the wiser for it. Not surprisingly, at the height of the campaign season, neither US President Barack Obama nor his Republican challenger Governor Mitt Romney were interested in revealing their plans for the next four years. But…

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Wish I'd said that

“I wish to declare that the Government of Israel will not ask any nation, be it near or far, mighty or small, to recognize our right to exist. The right to exist? it would not enter the mind of any Briton or Frenchman, Belgian or Dutchman, Hungarian or Bulgarian, Russian or American, to request for…

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U.S. State Department Strengthening Hamas

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH, GATESTONE— The U.S. Administration has sought to downplay the significance of this week’s visit to the Gaza Strip by the Emir of Qatar, Hamad al-Thani. “We have seen the reports that Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa visits Gaza today on a humanitarian mission,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. “We share Qatar’s…

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Annihilation or redemption?

By DAVID PARSONS, ICEJ— Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was spot on in denouncing as “a disgrace and a stain on humanity” the appearance of so many world leaders in Tehran for the recent summit of the Non-Aligned Movement. Given Iran’s relentless demonization of Israel and its renegade quest for nuclear weapons, the attendance of…

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