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Fort Hood Suspect a “Palestinian”

The US military psychiatrist suspected of going on the shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 others in a US army base in Texas, is of palestinian origin.
A military official told the AP that Hasan’s family has Palestinian roots. ABC News reported on Friday that Hasan’s grandfather moved to the United States in [...]

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.

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The Day In Israel: Wed Nov 4th, 2009

The US House of Representatives yesterday condemned the Goldstone Report as “biased and unworthy of further consideration”, passing (344-36) a a nonbinding resolution urging President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement of the report.
Palestinian seething to ensue.
Meanwhile, here is a response to Goldstone from one of the co-sponsors of the [...]

The Day In Israel: Sun Oct 25th, 2009

The US Congress is expected to vote in favor on a bipartisan bill calling on US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to categorically negate the UN’s Goldstone Report.
Meanwhile, here in Israel, the cabinet had a heated discussion on whether Israel will set up a commission of inquiry on the Goldstone report’s [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Oct 14th, 2009

The palestinians have succeeded in gathering enough support to call a special UNHRC meeting to reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week.
And by alleged war crimes, I am referring to alleged war crimes by Israel. No-one is interested in discussing Hamas’ actions.
UN officials say 18 of the council’s 47 members [...]

The Day In Israel: Tues Sept 22nd, 2009

The White House has played down expectations about the meeting between US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, which is “scheduled” for the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York today.
“We have no grand expectations out of one meeting,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs Monday, saying [...]

The Day In Israel: Fri Sept 18th, 2009

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US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice responded to the Goldstone report.
“We have very serious concerns about many of the recommendations in the report,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said Thursday in response to the findings of a UN team that investigated the [...]

The Day In Israel: Wed Sept 2nd, 2009

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Outgoing IAEA (potato) head Mohamed ElBaradei called the Iranian threat “hyped,” saying there is no proof the Islamic republic will soon have nuclear weapons.
“In many ways, I think the threat has been hyped,” ElBaradei told the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in an interview released Tuesday.
“Yes, there’s [...]

Tuesday The Rabbi Sued the Terrorist

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has just discovered he may be neighbors – albeit temporarily – with Libyan leader and terrorist Moammar Gadhafi.
He’s not happy about it. Go figure.
In just a few short weeks, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach could wake up at his home in Englewood, New Jersey, with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi camped a few feet from [...]

Uncomfortable Silence Time

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Police Sgt. James Crowley- the man who arrested him – sat down together in the White House.