Archive for September 14th, 2008

Dinner to end Ramadan fast called 'betrayal' by Jewish group   Religious groups' plan to break bread with Ahmadinejad is a 'betrayal'   By Shlomo Shamir and Natasha Mozgovaya,  Tags: Iran, Israel, ADL   Five American religious organizations have announced plans to host a dinner to break the Ramadan fast with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his upcoming visit to the...
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A Muslim terrorist leader based in Lebanon has threatened to send suicide bombers to kill former Beatle and international music icon Paul McCartney when he performs in Israel later this month. McCartney will perform in Tel Aviv as part of ongoing celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Israel's modern rebirth. In remarks carried by British tabloid Sunday...
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In an apparent about-face, the Bush Administration announced on Friday that it has decided to approve the sale of 1,000 advanced bunker-buster bombs to Israel. The US Department of Defense announced the planned sale, which will significantly improve Israel's strike capability, despite reservations that Jerusalem is planning to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. Original Source
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I was as amazed as anybody when John McCain announced his running mate would be Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. But like millions of other Americans, I was blown away by the choice following her acceptance speech in St Paul. I didn't know a lot about her before that, but by the time she was finished speaking, I knew...
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Amnon Meranda Isador and Sandy Aronson were amongst the 235 new immigrants onboard the plane that took off at the beginning of the week from New York to Tel Aviv. The two are not a brother and sister who chose to move to Israel and start new families. Isador and Sandy, who are 79 and 73 years old, respectively, are...
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By Haaretz Editorial  Every time an election looms, be it for the Knesset, local government, or a party primary, the "who will divide Jerusalem" issue miraculously returns to raise the emotional temperature. Ehud Olmert was the first to contribute the threat to divide Jerusalem to populist politics, when he charged more than a decade ago that "Peres will...
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By Jonathan Tobin        Liberals -- including Jews -- should examine some of their overarching generalities about GOP's veep pick  One of the most intriguing episodes of American political history, and one with particular resonance for observers of this year's presidential race, took place at the Democratic National Convention in 1896. At that time, the Democrats were split...
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By Caroline B. Glick       http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Hamas and its international collaborators have a new plan. To forcibly end Israel's embargo of Gaza's seacoast, they intend to operate a "ferry" service that will sail from Cyprus to Gaza every couple of weeks. The plan was announced on Friday by American Hamas collaborator Paul Larudee. Larudee and 32 other Hamas collaborators...
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'American embassy and citizens are not secure' By Aaron Klein Samir Kuntar JERUSALEM – A convicted child-killing terrorist recently freed by Israel in a controversial prisoner exchange deal yesterday issued a threat against the U.S. "If there will be an Israeli attack against Lebanon in the future, American citizens and the American embassy in Lebanon will not be secure," said Samir...
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Mike Harvey and Mark Henderson Hackers have broken into one of the computer networks of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). A group calling itself the Greek Security Team left a rogue webpage describing the technicians responsible for computer security at the giant atom smasher as “schoolkids” — but reassuring scientists that they did not want to disrupt the...
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