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| Egyptian gunmen stop construction materials to Gaza Posted: 27 Apr 2013 08:45 PM PDT Arabic media are reporting that unidentified gunmen cut off the road between El Arish and Rafah to prevent the passage of vehicles filled with construction materials destined for the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing. Many residents of the Sinai object to the introduction of building materials and other goods to the Gaza Strip worth millions of dollars, while the people of Sinai do not benefit from any aid themselves. This especially rankled Egyptians in the Sinai because, in general, people living in the Sinai have a worse standard of living than Gazans do. Egypt started allowing construction material to go through the Rafah crossing in recent months, a project bankrolled by Qatar to the tune of $400 million.           |
| Rocket fire from Gaza steadily increasing Posted: 27 Apr 2013 06:42 PM PDT Tonight, as Israelis started their outdoor Lag B'Omer celebrations, a rocket from Gaza exploded in the Sdot Negev regional council. After a two-month lull following Operation Pillar of Defense, the terror rocket attacks have been steadily increasing:  The 14 so far this month include 10 rockets and 4 mortars. This does not include the Grad rockets from the Sinai to Eilat on April 17, or mortars that fell short in Gaza. Nor does it include the sporadic but also increasing fire from Syria. By the way, tonight's rocket was described in the Fatah-leaning Palestine Press Agency as landing in "the settlement of Netivot in the south of the occupied Palestinian territories." Of course, this is within the Green line, showing that even the "moderate" Palestinian Arabs consider all of Israel to be "occupied."      |
| Posted: 27 Apr 2013 05:30 PM PDT From Ian: Sarah Honig: Another Tack: The lesson of April 26 It was less than three weeks before David Ben-Gurion would proclaim Israel independent but the Arabs were already plotting their invasion of the yet-to-be-born state. On that April 26 Transjordan's King Abdullah announced belligerently that "The only way left for us is war. I will have the pleasure and honor to save Palestine."Barry Rubin: How Much Did U.S. Policymakers Learn about the Middle East in Forty Years? Some Proof "Israeli pessimism seems largely if not entirely unwarranted. It seems based on an extraordinary lack of understanding of what happened in the Arab world in the last year and a half. Rather than girding their loins for the fifth, sixth, seventh Israeli-Arab wars. The Israelis might examine more carefully than they seem to have done so far the alternative of a peaceful accommodation with the Arabs."BDS – Belligerent, Disruptive and Silly It is summertime in Israel and apart from expecting the influx of tourists who visit us every year, we are gearing up to welcome a plethora of famous faces that includes Depeche Mode, Cliff Richard, Alicia Keys, Rihanna and another lady you may have heard of (and in my opinion Jewish royalty) Ms Barbra Streisand. We are the start up nation – a natural investment haven for major technology brands like Apple, Google, Microsoft and others who see this as a R&D haven. But don't take my word for it – ask Warren Buffett or Stephen Hawking…Islamic Extremists vs. White Supremacists We rightly condemn the KKK but fail to extend the judgment. We do not hesitate to condemn utterly the behavior and the beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan (the perpetrators of this bombing and others) and their white-supremacist fellow travelers. We do not worry that reviling white supremacists and their grotesque deeds will somehow taint all white people. (Though some on the left won't mind if you generalize about white people.)Canada's train terror plot raises deportation questions Raed Jaser, a Palestinian arrested over alleged al-Qaeda-backed scheme, had been spared deportation in 2004 after his arrestBulgaria conducts reenactment of Burgas bombing Bulgarian authorities conducted a reenactment of the Burgas bus bombing which claimed the lives of five Israelis and a Bulgarian bus driver last July, Bulgaria's state radio reported Friday. The two suspects, Hezbollah operatives, are still at large.Europol: Hezbollah linked to 2012 Bulgaria bombing The European Union's police body, Europol, said in a report that "indications suggest possible links" between Hezbollah and a deadly terrorist attack in Bulgaria last year.Would-be NY Synagogue Bomber Gets 5 Years Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said during the hearing, "The conduct contemplated is well beyond what can possibly be tolerated in a civilized society… That's especially apparent in light of recent arrests."If Obama's Syria Promises Mean Nothing, How Can We Trust Him on Iran? With even ardent Obama supporters like Jeffrey Goldberg reminding the president he has made it crystal clear that chemical weapons use would be a red line that would trigger a strong U.S. response, what follows will not only tell us whether that promise would be kept. It will also illustrate just how seriously to take other pledges the administration has made, specifically its vow never to allow Iran to go nuclear. With the White House desperately trying to buy time before making a decision on Syria, it's fair to ask why anyone should regard American rhetoric on Iran as anything more than an elaborate bluff if Obama won't keep his word about Assad's behavior.Douglas Murray: Memo to Iran's apologists: President Ahmadinejad has denied the Holocaust Has President Ahmadinejad ever denied the Holocaust? David Morrison, co-author with Peter Oborne of a new apologia on the Iranian 'government', appears to think that he has not. In a bizarre and disgraceful interview with the Telegraph, alongside his co-author, Morrison recites the main claim of their book – which is that the Iranian regime is not pursuing nuclear weapons. Oborne's Telegraph colleague Con Coughlin too kindly skewers that claim as 'delusional'.Parson Students Launch Petition Against Galliano Hire The petition asks: "This is a person who was fired from Dior for his anti-semitic remarks, who Natalie Portman refused to work with because of his remarks, so why is Parsons The New School for Design hiring him?"Azerbaijani FM: Negotiations underway to open embassy in Israel Negotiations are under way on the opening of the Azerbaijani embassy in Israel, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said at a press conference on Friday.Turkey honors Israeli company Turkey's industry minister has awarded an Israeli company with a prize for an innovative project during a technological parks convention in Istanbul.      |
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