According to the results of a new survey on territorial concessions,
security and the peace process, Israelis are overwhelmingly opposed to
returning key areas popularly perceived as strategically important.
In spite of that, the survey – conducted by Mina Tzemah and
commissioned by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs's Defensible
Borders Project – indicated that the majority of...
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Archive for 2005
Is the Jordan Valley more vital than the Temple Mount?
Gaza protests force EU monitors to flee
By Lisbeth Kirk
Angry Palestinian policemen have forced European Union monitors to
close the Gaza-Egypt border and flee.
Firing in the air the policemen took over the crossing on Friday
morning (30 December) in protest against the killing of a police
officer in a family feud in Gaza, according to news agency reports.
The Palestinian policemen demanded the execution...
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Munich Stands for Appeasement
Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List taught a new generation of
movie-goers the reality of the World War II Holocaust. Spielberg’s new
movie, Munich, regrettably undoes some of his earlier good work, in
recounting Israel’s response to the slaughter of 11 Israeli athletes by
the Palestinian Liberation Organization at the 1972 Olympics. Israel’s
Prime Minister Golda Meir ordered Israeli agents to...
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Guide tracks US reps' votes on Israel
In an unprecedented move, a major conservative
Christian advocacy group in the United States will
include the voting records of American legislators on Israel in its
biennial Christian voting guide.
The Christian Voter Guide, which is put out by
right-wing 'Christian Coalition of America' every two years ahead of
American Congressional and Presidential elections has previously only
included American domestic...
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Aliyah: Numbers are Up, Satisfaction is High
For the first time since the onset of the Oslo War five years ago, the
downward Aliyah trend has turned, with more
olim arriving this year than last year.
A total of some 23,000 new immigrants will have made Aliyah this year,
according to preliminary Jewish Agency figures. These include record
numbers from...
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Galileo Navigation Satellite Launched
By ANGELA DOLAND Associated Press Writer
PARIS (AP) — The European Union launched the first satellite in its Galileo navigation program on Wednesday, which European officials expect one day will end the continent's reliance on the U.S. Global Positioning System.The Galileo satellite, named “Giove A,” took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a...
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Why Christians leave Mideast
It is becoming an annual Christmas tradition – blaming Israel for the
dwindling Christian population in formerly Christian towns like
Bethlehem.
Last year at this time, I noticed this new myth of the Middle East was
being perpetrated by the so-called newspaper of record, the New York
Times, in a story by Greg Myre. It began:
In the...
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Syria agrees to hide Iran nukes
LONDON — Syria has signed a pledge to store Iranian nuclear weapons and
missiles.
The London-based Jane's Defence Weekly reported that Iran and Syria
signed a strategic accord meant to protect either country from
international pressure regarding their weapons programs. The magazine,
citing diplomatic sources, said Syria agreed to store Iranian materials
and weapons should Teheran come under United Nations...
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Titan Rain connection
On the surface, Myfip is an underachiever that hasn't spread much since
it was discovered last year. Look more closely, however, and it's the
perfect example of malcode Chinese hackers are using to steal sensitive
files from U.S. government networks in the so-called Titan Rain
attacks.
“Worms like this don't look like much by themselves, but in the...
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Netanyahu outlines future withdrawals
Likud chairman Binyamin Netanyahu started off his party's campaign on
Monday with a show of unity at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds in the first
meeting of the Likud central committee since his election as party
leader a week ago.
The central committee nearly unanimously passed Netanyahu's proposals
to reserve the second slot on the Likud list for Foreign...
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