Iranian clerical regime has one less controversy to deal with as Mr. Mashaii resigned from his post of first Vice President. As discussed in my previous post, Mr. Mashaii was President Ahmadinejad’s pick, but he was severely criticized by the clerical regime for stating in 2008 that Iranians are friends with Israelis. The resignation was […]
From the New York Times: The chief of United Nations peacekeeping forces, Alain Le Roy, has told the Security Council that a series of explosions in southern Lebanon on July 14 most likely came from an illegal Hezbollah arms cache. He gave a speech behind closed doors on Thursday, and reporters obtained copies on Friday. […]
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unequivocally stated that the United States would not permit Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, she said this morning on NBC’s Meet the Press. Her comments come amidst speculation that Israel is preparing to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. […]
In the midst of the Israel-U.S. dispute over settlements and a potential Israeli strike on Iran, four senior American officials will arrive in Israel this week, although U.S. officials contend that the high concentration of American presence in the region is purely coincidental. U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on […]
The Israeli government embarked on its first major financial initiative to strengthen Arab-owned businesses by releasing a 160 million shekel ($40 million) tender late last week to support the integration of these companies into the overall economy. The program provides 80 million shekels of government money to the winning bidder of the tender who must […]
All across the world today, people are showing their solitary to the Iranian people in their struggle for democracy, freedom and human rights. In over 80 cities, from Austin, Texas to London to Tokyo, people are protesting against the disputed Iranian presidential election and the severe clampdown on opposition activities by the Iranian government. The […]
The U.S. government delivered the first $200 million of an expected $900 million to the Palestinian Authority yesterday. The State Department pledged the donations in March at a conference in Cairo meant to raise funding for Gaza Strip reconstruction and Palestinian Authority initiatives. The State Department released the following data on U.S. investments in the […]
Foreign Policy published a piece by two academics – one Palestinian, Osama Abu-Irshaid, and one an American Jew with strong ties to Israel, Paul Scham – suggesting that in order to reach any kind of peace agreement with Hamas, negotiating partners (i.e. Israel and the United States) need to accept that they will never recognize […]
Another power struggle is going on in Iran and its not reformist politicians against the hard-line political establishment. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has maintained his choice of Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaii as first vice president over the objections of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Rahim-Mashaii upset hard-line clerics and politicians in 2008 by stating that Iranians were “friends […]
The latest line in pro-Israel new media is a Facebook widget that changes an individuals Facebook status to read as a fun fact about the Jewish State. A group of students from Hebrew University in Jerusalem created the application and already 3,000 people use the widget on their Facebook accounts. Some fun facts include: the […]
During her trip to Thailand, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has created quite a stir with her remarks on Iran. In her harshest words delivered against Iran yet, Clinton warned that the United States would take “crippling action” and work to “upgrade the defense of our partners in the region.” She warned Iran that […]
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak travelled to Paris this week for discussions with European leaders to improve regional cooperation, however some reports indicate that the trip was a guise for surgery. Reportedly, the procedure is likely far more serious than Egyptian media accounts that claim Mubarak had back surgery. Moreover, many medical procedures performed on geriatric […]
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