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Israel has yet to learn the US lesson, that the war on terror was a failure The Guardian

Monday, 05 January 2009

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, attends the weekly Cabinet Meeting in his Jerusalem office, Sunday, June 15, 2008.

(photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)

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On New Year's Day Atif Irfan boarded an AirTran flight at Reagan National Airport in Washington with seven members of his family. Edging his way down the aisle, he wondered out loud to his wife whether the back of the plane was the best place to be. As they took their seats, his sister-in-law said she thought it was the safest part, rather than being close to the engine or wings "in case something happened". The conversation was overheard by two teenage girls, who took one look at the mens' dark.

Is Israeli Policy Crazy?

The Star of David Has Become the Swastika

04.01.2009
Pravda.ru

/ World / Asia

The Nazi / Zionist bombings against Gaza and the Palestinian people are cold, premeditated murders without the least concern for the pain, suffering or the rights of the people. The Zionists of Palestine feel superior, anointed by God, and they retain control of a good part of the worldwide economy. They subjugate nations and governments and silence people.

I srael: 24 dead as bus plunges down ravine

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- At least 24 Russian tourists have been killed in one of Israel's deadliest traffic accidents when their bus plunged down a ravine, throwing nearly all of the passengers out of the vehicle. Israeli police said the bus driver tried to pass another bus on the road to Eilat, but lost control of the vehicle, crashed through the metal railing and into a 60-meter-deep (200 feet) ravine....

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MUJAHIDEEN BLEED-THROUGH, Part 4
Palestine and Israel: A ring of terror tightens
What for many years has been an unimaginable goal for al-Qaeda and other Sunni militants - a stronger presence in Palestine and Israel and an ability to attack inside Israel - now seems within reach thanks to the westward-bound jihad highway to the Levant unintentionally created by the United States-led war in Iraq. - Michael Scheuer (Dec 24,'08)
This is the concluding article of a four-part series.

Part 1: Syria: Terror's made-to-order milieu

Part 2: Lebanon: Last stop on a jihad highway

Part 3: Jordan: Al-Qaeda clouds the future

Zalmay Khalilzad meet with Barham Salih in Baghdad

UN adopts Middle East resolution Al Jazeera

US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, second right, as Social Welfare and Diaspora Affairs Isaac Herzog, left, looks on, during a meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Obama held a breakfast meeting Wednesday with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the first event in a day packed with meetings and travel across Israel and the Palestinian territor

Brown says he and Obama pledge to focus on Mideast Boston Herald

THE European Union may ban the use of Nazi symbols after Prince Harry - dubbed a "royal idiot" by one MEP - wore a swastika armband at a party. sa1

Germany arrests two in suspected neo-Nazi stabbing International Herald Tribune

UK Outrage Over Ahmadinejad's Channel 4 Christmas Broadcast

Hamas looks to Hezbollah's inspiration

The similarities between the Israeli attack on Hamas in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon in 2006 against Hezbollah are striking. And just as Israel was unable to destroy Hezbollah, despite a massive military operation, it won't be that easy to eliminate Hamas, given its grassroots popularity. - Sami Moubayed (Jan 5,'09)

Yonkers Tribune

Israel Is Exercising Its Right of Self-Defense - Commentary By Ed Koch

Opponents and enemies of Israel are in full hue and cry over Israel's attack on the terrorist organization Hamas and its government and military installations in Gaza. The main criticism is that the Israeli response to the rocketing of southern Israel is "disproportionate." There is little, if any, dispute that Israel’s goal of ending all rocket attacks on Israel and its civilian population, is reasonable and indeed sanctioned by international law.

International Herald Tribune
Before presidential election, Iran's hard-liners crack down on reformists
: As the race for Iran's presidential election heats up, hard-liners are cracking down on activists who have supported reformist candidates in the past. It is not clear who will run against... (photo: AP/Frank Franklin II)

From right to left, European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero Waldner, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner pose for a photograph at Livni's office in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009. Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and smuggling tunnels on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing at least seven children as they pressed a bruising offensive against Palestinian militant

Livni: Middle East equation has changed
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told foreign representatives Monday that the equation in the Middle East has changed with the Jewish state's military incursion into Gaza.... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)

Putin orders cuts to Europe-bound gas supplies through Ukraine

The Times of India

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered gas giant Gazprom to start cutting supplies to Ukraine bound for European consumers in response to Kiev's alleged siphoning...

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WATCH: Street Battles Break Out In Gaza City

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