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What do you think of the situation today? In Israel? Israel/Iran? Israel and the UN? The weather? Talk about whatever you want!

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Iran Plans Secret Nuclear Experiments

I don’t have a whole lot of time today, but I found this interesting tidbit.
When is the world going to wake up? Hitler said he would kill the Jews, no one listened, and look at what happened. Ahmadinejad said he is going to kill the Jews and no one is listening. And, [...]

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Fighting for Israel on a US Passport

A Jerusalem couple had a child in Jerusalem shortly after a law was passed in Congress and signed by the US President. The law states that at the request of the passport holder or, in the case of a minor, his parents, the passport should read “Jerusalem, Israel” for birthplace rather than just “Jerusalem.”
A [...]

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Another Gaza Rocket Attack

A quassam rocket attack from Gaza into Israel (there have been many since the “truce” began about six months ago), have prompted Israel to close the Gaza-Israel boarder crossings.
This has sparked protests, but I think it is far less than proportionate response. Israel is not firing back.
Either Hamas does not have control over what [...]

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Avigdor Lieberman: Mubarak can go to Hell

Yisrael Beiteinu’s controversial leader, Avigdor Lieberman, made a bold statement. He said that if Egyptian President Mubarak won’t visit Israel, he can go to hell.
The comments were quickly responded to by Israel’s government leaders. Shimon Peres was first to condemn the statements and call Mubarak personally to ensure him that Lieberman’s opinions were [...]

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Prime Ministers in History: Golda Meir

Golda Meir was the fourth elected Prime Minister of Israel. She was the third woman in history to become a Prime Minister, and the first to do so without a prior family government connection.

Meir served as Minister of Labour and Foreign Minster before becoming the party leader of Alignment, a predecessor to the modern Labor [...]

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Don King Comes To Israel

I recently mentioned that Guns n’ Roses guitarist Slash is going to perform at the Shimon Peres center in Tel Aviv. It turns out that another big name celebrity is going to make an appearance at the same event: Boxing promoter Don King!
King said that the black community of America could learn something about [...]

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Election Update: Dates and Polls

It looks like the election is narrowed down to two possible dates: February 10th or February 17th. Israeli readers, be ready to hit the polls. Make your votes count. Here is what two recent polls show for the next Knesset:

Get out there and support your party (unless you support Kadima, Labor, or Meretz). Likud [...]

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US Launches Attack in Syria

The United States made their first move outside of Iraq in a while. US special forces made an attack on Syrian soil. The attack was targeted on a village used to smuggle foreign fighters into Iraq.
The constant terrorist threats inside of Iraq (and Israel) are not an isolated problem. It is not [...]

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Palin Meets With Israeli Ambassador

Sarah Palin had a meeting yesterday with the Israeli Ambassador to the US. Sallai Meridor was once head of the Jewish Agency and now leads diplomatic relations between Israel and the US. Palin met with Meridor during a trip through Virginia.

Meridor met with Palin’s Democrat rival, Joe Biden, later in the day.

It is good [...]

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