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The National Fraud Agency is demanding that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert undergo another, urgent round of questioning in the next 48 hours regarding suspicions that he illegally accepted large sums of cash from New York Jewish businessman Morris Talansky, Channel 2 reported on Friday.
According to the report, investigators fear that once Olmert and his attorneys receive a transcript of Talansky's early testimony, the content of that transcript would somehow influence what the premier would later say during questioning. Therefore, the police want Olmert questioned before Talansky takes the stand. Talansky is due to testify in court on Sunday, May 25.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court will hold a hearing Monday on appeals filed Thursday by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his close aide, Shula Zaken, asking the court to reject a lower court decision that ordered New York Jewish businessman Morris Talansky to testify in court even though the state has not yet decided whether to put the two on trial.
Justice Salim Joubran, who scheduled Monday's hearing, also rejected the request of Olmert's lawyers to immediately freeze the lower court's decision to hear Talansky's early testimony.
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Quest for Palestinian state just another step toward global Islamic empire | Ryan Jones
The world has bought the Arab narrative of an established Palestinian nationAssertions that Zionist Jews invaded a previously sovereign Arab entity known as “Palestine” and dispossessed local Arabs who had for centuries been known nationally as “Palestinians” are easily debunked by anyone who examines the facts. Nevertheless, the Arabs have had tremendous success over the years in drumming up international support for the return of “Palestine” to the “Palestinians.”
That campaign suffered what should have been a debilitating blow when a top leader of the Islamic terror group Hamas, which rejects any Jewish right to the Land, effectively admitted that the idea of a historical “Palestinian” nation is mere fantasy, a propaganda tool in the hands of those opposed to Israel’s rebirth.
While that admission would seem to invalidate nationalist Arab claims to the lands west of the Jordan River, Western peace brokers and many Israelis still argue that Israel cannot indefinitely rule over a large and hostile Arab population, and that the creation of yet another Arab state is the most viable solution to the problem.
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In the event of war, the home front will be hit by "thousands" of rockets, outgoing Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Elazar Shkedy told Israel Radio on Saturday.
Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria have all amassed large stockpiles of rockets since the Second Lebanon War, and using them against Israeli population centers would be a cornerstone of their strategy in a future conflict, Shkedy said.
During the month-long war in the summer of 2006, Hizbullah attempted more than once to send bomb-laden unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Israel, but they were intercepted by the air force every time, he added.
While the air force has improved its ability to intercept UAVs, the threat of Hizbullah launching more still exited, Shkedy said.
Regarding Gaza, Shkedy said that the IAF had greatly improved its accuracy and that for every 24 terrorists killed, one civilian died, a vast improvement over a ratio of 1:1 four years ago.
The improvement was due both to improved accuracy and to tighter intelligence cooperation with ground forces, he said.
Shkedy declined to say whether he recommended tougher measures to curb rocket fire from Gaza.
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