From Anthony Reich
The newspaper advertisement states that a practice siren will be sounded throughout Israel on Tuesday 2nd June 2009. Upon hearing the siren, all the country’s residents are requested to enter a “protected space”. The purpose of this, it seems, is to test how long it takes to get [...]
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TheIsraelSituation.com is about to move to IsraelSituation.com. We will still cover The Israel Situation, but we are going to drop the word the from the URL.
Keep your eyes open for the change this weekend. TheIsraelSituation.com will still forward to IsraelSituation.com.
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I hope you all have a chag sameach and enjoy Shavout. For those of you out of the loop, Shavout commemorates the Jews recieving the Torah from God. I thought this video was approprite:
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Prime Minister Netanyahu convened a group of influential MKs to being planning and implementing plans to improve the quality of life for Palestinians in Judea and Samaria (West Bank).
The plans, presented by Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, Silvan Shalom, and Yuval Steinitz, include creating industrial and agricultural zones in Jenin, Jericho, Hebron, and Beit Lechem (Bethlehem). [...]
Categories: Economy, Judea and Samaria, Palestinians, Ramallah |
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I wonder if Hillary Clinton has ever been to Ma’ale Adumim. The Jerusalem suburb, considered a “settlement”, is as close to being outside of Jerusalem as Brooklyn is outside of New York. They are the same city.
I wonder if Clinton has ever been to Gush Etzion. I have made two trips to [...]
Categories: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jerusalem, Settlements, United States of America |
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HaIchud HaLeumi (National Union) MK Aryeh Eldad took a proposal to the Knesset suggesting that Jordan is already a Palestinian state and should take in all Palestinian “refugees” from the West Bank and around Israel.
This suggestion pissed a lot of people off. However, there is a base to what he said. The original [...]
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According to IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, Hezbollah has more rockets today than before the 2006 war. At the same time, the terrorist group is working to gain power in Southern Lebanon before the upcoming Lebanese election.
Ashkenazi believes Hezbollah is still planning a response to the death of a Hezbollah leader several months [...]
Israel has delivered the first Airborne Warning and Control System plane to India as part of a $1.1 billion deal. Israel had negotiated a similar deal with China roughly 10 years ago, but that deal was blocked by the United States.
AWACS is a mobile air command center that allows for high tech radar systems [...]
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the cabinet his thoughts on new settlements, settlement growth, unauthorized settlements outposts, and Jerusalem. To paraphrase, here are the big points:
Israel will not permit any new settlements to be built.
Natural growth will be permitted, as families will continue to have children and need resources in their towns.
Jerusalem is not [...]
Categories: Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Jerusalem, Settlements |
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