All Entries Tagged With: "Lebanon"
The Day In Israel: Sunday Dec 13th, 2009
Israeli defense officials expressed concern over reports Lebanese President Michel Suleiman plans to urge US officials to expedite the delivery of weapons for the Lebanese army during a trip to Washington this week. Which is fair enough given that Hizbullah is part of the Lebanese government and is allowed to keep its weapons.
Updates (Israel time; [...]
The Day In Israel: Monday Dec 7th, 2009
Joke of the day:
Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul-Gheit said his country would urge Israel to be flexible in talks for Shalit’s release.
In an interview with Al-Arabiya Saturday night, Aboul-Gheit said, “We are trying to influence Israel’s position, and to stress that Israel should not go overboard in its demands and that it must pay [...]
The Day In Israel: Friday Nov 27th, 2009
The IDF foiled a terror attack on Thursday, with an IDF bomb squad detonating a 15-kilogram explosive seized during a search conducted along the Egyptian border. Unfortunately, the terrorist who was seen carrying the bag before dropping it, is still in the land of the living after fleeing back to Egypt.
Meanwhile, on Thursday evening, palestinian [...]
The Day In Israel: Sun Nov 1st, 2009
In light of recent Lebanese accusations that Israel is spying on Lebanon, the question is whether this is the case.
The answer seems to be hell yeah.
Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) confirmed on Saturday that Israel was operating intelligence-gathering networks within Lebanon.
Speaking at an event in Be’er Sheva, Ya’alon said that “the moment Hezbollah renewed [...]
The Day In Israel: Fri Oct 30th, 2009
Ha’aretz reports that the Holocaust-denying leader of the PA who has not ruled out “resistance” against Israel is allegedly deeply suspicious of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and is losing faith in his intentions to reach a peace agreement.
Ok, I’m paraphrasing but you hopefully get my point.
Updates (Israel time; most recent at top)
1:26PM: Lebanon’s ambassador to [...]
The Day In Israel: Thurs Oct 29th, 2009
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Gabriela Shalev, has warned that the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead will not go away.
The Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead will not go away even if Israel launches an independent inquiry into the campaign, UN Ambassador Gabriela Shalev said Wednesday.
“There are no legal questions here – and we [...]
The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 28th, 2009
In an interview with some sycophantic nobody from the website Palestine Note, Head Hamashole Khaled Meshaal insulted the intelligence of everyone by claiming, inter alia, that Hamas respects international law, will form an honest and neutral investigative committee to look into their conduct during Operation Cast Lead, and – here’s my favorite – did not [...]
The Day In Israel: Tues Oct 27th, 2009
Channel 10 reported that a summit of Mediterranean states planned to be held in Turkey in November was canceled after Egypt and other Arab states refused to sit round the same table as Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
I don’t know about you, but I feel that giving back the Sinai really paid dividends.
Updates (Israel time; [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Oct 19th, 2009
IDF sources responded to reports of Hizbullah finding Israeli “spying devices” by saying the incident was staged in an attempt to divert attention from the explosion of a weapons cache in southern Lebanon last week.
Quite frankly, this is a real possibility, given Hizbullah’s love of the stage. Plus they seem to have had trouble getting [...]
The Day In Israel: Mon Oct 12th, 2009
My friend Richard Landes has just launched a new website : Understanding the Goldstone Report.
Those of us who have constructed Understanding the Goldstone Report, have been following the claims under contention since the events themselves almost a year ago, and have read the report in detail. We offer a wide range of analysis, from careful [...]
