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- Fayyad Slams Arab States for Failing to Donate to PA
- Number of Women in Israeli Air Force Doubled in Past 20 Years
- Is the 3rd Intifada Here?
- 2012 Gaza Rocket & Mortar Count
- Sunday Morning Links
| Fayyad Slams Arab States for Failing to Donate to PA Posted: 06 Jan 2013 04:00 PM PST *** The Palestinian Authority is currently undergoing a serious financial crisis. Abbas and Fayyad have been begging for money for quite some time now in order to alleviate the crisis, however, they are getting nothing beyond pledges. In an interview with the Associated Press, Salam Fayyad says that the recent financial troubles for the PA have been caused "solely" as a result of the failure of Arab states to fulfill their pledges to the Palestinian Authority.
…Fayyad said his budget deficit has widened in recent years, blaming Arab states that broke aid promises. "The financing problem that we've had in the last few years is solely due to some Arab donors not fulfilling their pledge of support in accordance with Arab League resolutions," Fayyad said. European countries kept all their aid commitments and the U.S. honored most, with the exception of $200 million held up by Congress last year, he added. While Fayyad is going public (he made similar comments in late December) with the truth, other Palestinian officials will continue to blame the US or try and use blackmail.           | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of Women in Israeli Air Force Doubled in Past 20 Years Posted: 06 Jan 2013 12:36 PM PST Guest post by Challah Hu Akbar, aka CHA or Challah *** CHALLAH @ IDF Pioneering women, whose deeds opened a new world for others to follow in their footsteps, were honored this year at the IAF Association's annual evening. The event, which highlights a different topic relating to the Air Force each year, was dedicated to the stories of the female pioneers of the Air Force from its inception until today. Among those honored were Zahara Levitov, a fighter in the Palmach and pilot in the Air Force, and her daughter Orni, the IAF's first female navigator. Also honored were some groundbreaking women of the 1990s: Adi Berdshatzki, the first female colonel in the Air Force, and Margalit Tirosh, the first to head the Administration Squadron.  The role of women in the Air Force today was also applauded, with those honored including Maj. G, Deputy Commander of the Air Kings Squadron, and Maj. Revital Ozen, commander of an Iron Dome battery. "From the day of the IAF's establishment, women have taken part in its work," said IAF Commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel. "From a small group, mainly working in support roles, the participation of women throughout the breadth of the Air Force's activities has blossomed, in the air and on the ground. In the [Air] Force, there are thousands of women in career service and around 6,000 [regular service] female soldiers." Maj. Gen. Eshel also emphasized the increasing representation of women within the IAF. "Their scope has doubled in the past 20 years," he stated. "We are in an ongoing process. And in this field, too, the IAF is a leader. We are still far from having utilized the full potential, the quality and capability that exists inside Israeli society. We must increase our efforts, increase the integration, to strengthen the Air Force and to set an example to the IDF and the entire State of Israel."      | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST Guest post by Challah Hu Akbar, aka CHA or Challah *** CHALLAH @ Ynet The defense establishment has been careful not to overstate the significance of the recent – growing – wave of unrest sweeping the West Bank, but according to IDF Ezion Sector Commander Colonel Yaniv Alaluf, the third intifada has already begun.
…Alaluf's assessment of the situation was a pessimistic one: "The process lead by Abu Mazen is over, replaced by the attitude promoted by Hamas. Abu Mazen is trying to survive the Arab Spring and he understands that the path of negotiations with Israel is over. "The question is – what will follow? We may see regional anarchy along a military campaign of our own." …But not all is bleak: Alaluf was optimistic as to the IDF's ability to deal with terrorist threats, saying he does not foresee a string of suicide attacks, which became the gruesome hallmark of the al-Aqsa Intifada. "The third intifada won't be like the second one, which surprised us. We're ahead of the game now and terror won't be able to slither up to central Israel because we're better prepared." …The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said that, "The military does not comment on remarks made in closed forums." The chances that a full-scale armed Intifada erupting in the West Bank are slim, but the chances for popular, simmering unrest with mass demonstrations are much higher, Shin Bet Chief Yoram Cohen was quoted as saying by Yedioth Ahronoth.      | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 Gaza Rocket & Mortar Count Posted: 06 Jan 2013 06:41 AM PST Guest post by Challah Hu Akbar, aka CHA or Challah ***
* There appears to be a discrepancy in some places with regard to the amount fired in March. In some places the Shin Bet puts the total at 208, however, in other places the total is listed as 192. ** I do not count the rockets that originated in the Sinai *** I do not count the rockets that originated in the Sinai       | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 06 Jan 2013 05:32 AM PST From Ian: *** A lawsuit against the "unauthorized settlement" Rachelim has led to it becoming a legal Israeli town. "Deputy council head Yossi Dagan chose to send a tongue-in-cheek "thank you" to Yesh Din for its lawsuit. "In the name of Rachelim, I am grateful to the extreme-left group Yesh Din for its contrarian lawsuit, which caused the Israeli government to come to a decision, to grab the bull by the horns and right a wrong that had lasted for years," he said. "They came to curse," he added, "but in the end, as in the [Biblical] story of Bilaam, they gave a blessing." Palestinians cut through vineyard fence; 12 outpost residents were injured in the incident, one of which was taken to hospital. "Some 200 Palestinians attacked the vineyards of the West Bank Esh Kodesh outpost on Saturday afternoon, according to the IDF. Esh Kodesh spokesman Aron Katsof said 12 outpost residents were injured as a result, including one who was treated in the hospital and then released." "It's high time for UNESCO to stop legitimizing a government that mercilessly murders its own people. UNESCO is allowing the Assad regime to strut in Paris as a U.N. human rights arbiter, an indefensible insult to Syria's victims." The United States is becoming increasingly worried about Syria's use of ballistic missiles supplied by Iran. Analysis: Muslim clerics believe regime will let them intensify their incitement against Jews. "The process of exile which had started in the early '50s accelerated. There were more than 100,000 Jews living in Tunisia in 1948. Today there are an estimated 2,000 left, many of them living on the island of Jerba." Exclusive: Anti-Defamation League tells 'Post': Augstein's statement "crosses the line into anti-Semitic conspiracy thinking." "The Simon Wiesenthal Center included Augstein in its list of 2012's top-ten anti-Semites. Jacobson cited the following Augstein quote, which appeared in his column, as being contaminated with conspiratorial anti-Semitism: "With backing from the US, where the president must secure the support of Jewish lobby groups, and in Germany, where coping with history, in the meantime, has a military component, the [Binyamin] Netanyahu government keeps the world on a leash with an ever-swelling war chant." Film featuring interviews with former heads of Israel's covert Shin Bet security agency already shortlisted for Academy Award Will lead university efforts to increase minorities' access to higher education Import, marketing of cosmetics, detergents tested on animals officially barred by law. MK Cabel: This is a revolutionary step in animal welfare Oranim teacher Penny Ur will receive the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her contribution to promoting English language-teaching methodologies. "Prof. Penny Ur may live relatively anonymously in a small community in the North of Israel but even Queen Elizabeth II knows about her. Buckingham Palace announced over the weekend that the English teacher from Moshav Amnon will be honored with the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for her outstanding work in teaching English and for promoting collaboration between Israel and Britain."      |
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