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The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 11th, 2009

During yesterday’s session of the UN Security Council, the US accused Iran of violating a UN arms embargo by secretly sending weapons to Hizbullah via Syria in a ship seized by Israel.
Syria’s UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari responded by accusing Israel of committing “an act of piracy on the high seas,” and dismissed the charges as  [...]

The Day In Israel: Fri Nov 6th, 2009

Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the Islamic Movement’s northern branch, was convicted of assaulting a police officer during a 2007 protest in Jerusalem. He is to be sentenced on December 24th.
Which means Salah might just be spotted with this expression on his face again, albeit for very different reasons than before.

Updates (Israel time; most recent [...]

The Day In Israel: Thurs Nov 5th, 2009

Here’s the IDF on yesterday’s seizure of the arms ship.
500 Tons of Weapons for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israeli Navy, 4 Nov 2009
Massive Arms Shipment Intended for Hezbollah Intercepted by Israel Navy
Roughly 500 tons of weapons, rockets, and missiles was uncovered aboard the cargo vessel “Francop” flying an Antiguan flag, which was intercepted and brought [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Nov 3rd, 2009

Arab UN delegates yesterday circulated a draft resolution that would require UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to bring the Goldstone report before the Security Council.
Meanwhile.. France and Britain to the rescue?!
A joint French-British UN initiative would call on Israel and the Palestinians to hold immediate, independent investigations into war crimes allegations stemming from the war in [...]

From Finger Pointing to Finger Lickin’

One of these men doesn’t belong in the UN.

The other is just some Colonel Sanders impersonator (hat tip: Solomon).
Dressed in the fast food icon’s familiar white suit and black bow tie, the actor evaded tight security to gain access to the restricted areas of the complex.
He even posed for a photograph with Ali Treki, the [...]

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: 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: Sun Oct 18th, 2009

From the Duh Department:
Meanwhile, Richard Goldstone himself, who was in Bern for a conference Thursday, also criticized the UN Council resolution for targeting only Israel and failing to include Hamas.
The UN resolution is peppered with references to “recent Israeli violations of human rights in occupied east Jerusalem” but failed to make any direct mention to [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Oct 13th, 2009

Israel has demanded that UNIFIL investigate the explosion at the house of Hizbullah terrorist Abdel Nasser Issa in southern Lebanon, saying it proves Hizbullah stockpiled munitions in violation of the truce.
I’m sure UNIFIL are just itching to investigate the explosion, and if they do find that some Hizbullah terrorists were killed in it, they will [...]

The Day In Israel: Sun Oct 11th, 2009

Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath has expressed her views on how Israel can reduce palestinian terrorism.
Israeli Nobel Prize for chemistry laureate Professor Ada Yonath on Saturday said all Hamas prisoners held in Israel should be released in order to bring Gilad Shalit home.
“I don’t understand why we incarcerate them in Israel [...]