IRAN KRIJGT VIERDE PARTIJ VAN KERNBRANDSTOF VAN RUSLAND: (Reuters)
Iran ontving een vierde levering van kernbrandstof van Rusland op Zondag 20 Januari aan eerste de atoommachtsinstallatie van machtsTeheran en het verwacht meer vier alvorens de verzending volledig is, het officiële Iraanse gemelde nieuwsagentschap IRNA.

DE ISRAËLISCHE SATELLIET VAN DE SPION DIE VAN INDIA WORDT GELANCEERD - Yaakov Katz (de Post van Jeruzalem)
De TecSar verkenningssatelliet, die door de RuimteAfdeling van IAI wordt ontwikkeld, werd met succes gelanceerd Zondag 20 Januari, van India. Meest geavanceerde satelliet van Israël heeft de, TecSar de capaciteit om beelden van voorwerpen op aardedag en nacht, zelfs in bewolkt weer tot stand te brengen, dat de technologie van de synthetische openingsradar gebruikt. Het zal grotere capaciteit voor intelligentie zich verzamelt over Iran toestaan. Israël heeft nu 3 verkenningssatellieten en 3 communicatiesatellieten. De lancering van deze satelliet werd vanaf September toe te schrijven aan druk vertraagd die door Indische oppositiepartijen wordt toegepast, in het bijzonder de Moslim en Communistische politieke facties.

DE STAM KASSAMS VAN DE SANCTIES VAN GAZA, HEFT HUMANITAIRE OUTCRY OP:
Nachtelijke elektriciteitspanne die door Hamas wordt opgevoerd; Barak om brandstoflevering te hervatten
Israël grendelde volledig de Gazastrook tijdens het weekend van alle voedsel, brandstof en medische levering, een beweging af die een scherpe afname in Kassam raketaanvallen bracht, maar ook trok lasten dat Jeruzalem doelbewust Gaza in een humanitaire crisis wierp

OLMERT: `LAAT TE VOET GANG GAZANS':
Antwoordend aan lasten dat Israël een humanitaire crisis door zijn scheiding van brandstoflevering aan Gaza veroorzaakt, drong de Eerste Minister Ehud Olmert op Maandag middag 21 aan Januari dat hij eerst moet verdedigen ingezetenen die van westelijke Negev toevoegen, dat „wat ik betreft, elk van Gaza te voet laat lopen…“ Olmert vertelde zijn factie Kadima vandaag: „In het Zuiden, is er een oorlog… Wij zullen daar geen humanitaire crisis in Gaza laten zijn. Maar wij kunnen Israëlische ingezetenen dichtbij Gaza laten niet in vreesdag en nacht leven terwijl de mensen zich vrij in Gaza bewegen. Wat ik betreft, laat elk van Gaza geen brandstof voor hun auto's te voet lopen en hebben, omdat zij een moordend regime hebben dat geen mensen in zuidelijk Israël leeft hun leven.“ zal laten De Israëlische woordvoerder Shlomo Dror van het Ministerie van de Defensie zei een vermindering van raketaanvallen niet genoeg voor Israël was om de sluiting te verlichten. „Als wij crossings opnieuw morgen openen, zal er raketten zijn die opnieuw op Israël vallen,“ bovengenoemde Dror. „Zij willen niet Israël erkennen en Israël willen vernietigen - dat is hun probleem. They shouldn’t expect that we will help them destroy us.”

IAF KILLS 2 TERRORISTS IN GAZA: HAMAS PLANS LARGE SCALE ATTACK:
The IAF killed two Palestinian militants in separate attacks in Gaza on Sunday January 20, after collecting intelligence from the Shin Bet security agency of their involvement in launching Kassam rockets on Israel. In the most recent air strike, Ahmad Abu Sharia, a Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades commander, was hit by an IAF missile while walking in the street in Gaza. The earlier strike hit a car carrying terrorists and rockets approaching the security fence, killing one militiaman and leaving several wounded. Since last Sunday, around 165 Kassam rockets and 70 mortar shells have been launched at the western Negev and over 30 terrorists have been killed. Meanwhile, Hamas is plotting a massive attack on the IDF soldiers in Gaza, warned top Israeli defense officials on Monday.

ISRAEL TO DEEPEN OPERATIONS INSIDE GAZA: - Yaakov Katz
In the past week, close to 160 Kassam rockets and 70 mortar shells were fired at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza, Israeli defense officials said. A defense official added that the army was under orders to “deepen” its operations inside Gaza in an effort to stop the rocket fire. On Saturday January 19, IDF troops followed that order and operated more than five kilometers inside Gaza, arresting four armed Hamas operatives in Jabalya.
IDF SAYS GAZA IS FAKING A CRISIS: by Gil Ronen
The news coming out of Gaza depicts the Arab populace living in darkness and cold and blaming Israel for closing down major crossings through which fuel arrives to Gaza’s power plants. Reporters even claim that the dead can no longer be buried properly because there are no shrouds, and that bodies are being wrapped in flags instead. The IDF says, however, that this is media spin; a deliberate manipulation by the Hamas government to make Israel look as bad as possible.

UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN; EXPORTS UP: by Hillel Fendel
The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) reports that unemployment is at its lowest point this decade. The rate has gone down almost continuously since the beginning of 2004, when it stood at 11% of the workforce. The number of people seeking work in Israel thus stands at 192,700 people.

U.S. FEARS “DISASTROUS” LINKS IN LATIN AMERICA WITH ISLAMIC MILITANTS: (AFP)
Admiral James Stavridis, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said Wednesday he fears a “disastrous” linkup between drug traffickers and radical Islamists in Latin America, where he said Iran wields growing influence. He told a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington that Iran had already opened 10 embassies in Latin America and “President Ahmadinejad says he wants to have an embassy in every country in this region.”

ARAB EDITOR, PA OFFICIALS BLAME HAMAS FOR GAZA CRISIS: - Khaled Abu Toameh
Abdel Rahman Rashed, a Saudi national serving as general manager of the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya news channel, said Hamas was responsible for the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza. Writing in the London-based daily Asharq Alawsat, Rashed questioned the wisdom of firing rockets and mortars at Israel which, he said, was only increasing the suffering of the Palestinians. PA officials in Ramallah have also blamed Hamas for the crisis in Gaza. PA Information Minister Riad al-Malki said the latest crisis was the result of Hamas’ “insistence on creating an Islamic republic in Gaza.” A top PA official in Ramallah accused Hamas of ordering bakery owners to keep their businesses closed for the second day running to create a humanitarian crisis. “Hamas is preventing people from buying bread,” he said. “They want to deepen the crisis so as to serve their own interests.” The official said that, contrary to Hamas’ claims, there is enough fuel and flour to keep the bakeries in Gaza operating for another two months. “Hamas members have stolen most of the fuel in Gaza to fill their vehicles,” he said. (Jerusalem Post)
MISSLE TEST A MESSAGE TO OUR ENEMIES: - Alex Fishman
The missile that Israel tested Thursday January 17 demonstates that Israel can produce long-range ballistic missiles. Particularly, this capability enables Israel to produce missiles that can launch satellites into space, and also missiles aimed at thwarting incoming ballistic missiles fired at Israel from great distances at very high altitude. The “show” presented by Israel was an explicit signal: Those who are playing with their own missiles, such as the Shehab, or pursuing nuclear weapons, should know they are not alone in this game. Adventures come with a price. This is also known as “deterrence.” (Ynet News)
EGYPT WOUNDS 60 PALESTINIANS STORMING RAFAH BORDER:
Egyptian security forces on Tuesday January 22, used live fire against thousands of Palestinian protestors rushing the Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egyptian border to demand that the crossing be opened. Egyptian border guards held off the protestors by firing rounds into the air and using clubs and water cannons, leaving at least 60 Gazans wounded
U.S. BLOCKS U.N.S.C. RESOLUTION AGAINST ISRAEL OVER GAZA CRISIS:
Arabs seek condemnation of blockade without mention of Kassams
The Bush Administration has blocked a bid by Arab states to have the United Nations Security Council adopt a resolution at an emergency meeting on Tuesday condemning Israel for its closure of the Gaza Strip
KASSAMS RESUME AS ISRAEL SENDS SUPPLIES TO GAZA:
Responding to an international outcry over a looming humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israel decided to provide the crowded coastal Strip with cooking oil and fuel, including 2.2 million litres of diesel - enough to generate 60 megawatts of power in Gaza’s power plant for a week. They will also allow a single convoy through the Kerem Shalom crossing, which will include 500,000 litres of fuel for hospitals and 50 trucks of medical supplies and food. However, Palestinians still fired four rockets into the western Negev early Tuesday morning.
FIFTY IDF COMMANDERS CALL ON PM OLMERT TO ‘ TAKE RESPONSIBILITY’ : by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
Fifty reservists serving as IDF company commanders sent Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a letter Monday January 20, calling on him to resign because of failures in the Second Lebanon War. They charged the prime minister with refusing “to accept standards of personal responsibility.”

STATISTICS: JEWISH POPULATION FLOURISHING IN JUDEA & SAMARIA: by Hana Levi Julian
The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria is rising steadily despite Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s stated freeze on building in the expanding Jewish communities in the stony green hills that carpet the region. The latest figures released by the Interior Ministry show that the Jewish population growth in Judea and Samaria is triple the 1.7 percent increase in the entire Israeli population The Jewish population in Judea and Samaria grew by 5.2 percent, rising by 14,000 residents from 268,000 at the end of 2006 to 282,000 at the end of 2007

BOLTON: ISRAEL MAY HAVE TO STRIKE IRAN SOON: by Gil Ronen
Former American Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton hinted broadly Tuesday January 22, that Israel will have to strike Iran’s nuclear program on its own, and soon. Speaking at the Eighth Herzliya Conference, Bolton said an Israeli strike could be the last resort against Iran. Former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, who also spoke at the conference, hinted that the military option is growing more likely with time.

GEN.OREN SHACHOR: “RETURN TO GAZA”: by Hillel Fendel
Oren Shachor, a former IDF general, is just the latest public figure to say Israel has no choice but to enter Gaza with military force. Speaking with Arutz-7’s Uzi Baruch on Tuesday January 22, , Shachor said, “[We have] to enter with a sufficiently strong military force to stop the rocket-firing altogether.” He added that the army forces “will apparently have to remain there longer than just a short time. We have no other choice…

PALESTINIAN ROCKET & MORTAR FIRE AT ISRAEL CONTINUES:
Palestinians in Gaza fired at least 20 rockets at Israel on Tuesday January 22, in addition to a handful of mortars. This comes in stark contradiction to reports Monday of a drop in the number of rocket attacks.

ISRAEL: WE WILL DEFEND OUR CITIZENS EVEN AT THE PRICE OF CONDEMNATION: - Roni Sofer
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Herzliya Conference Tuesday January 22: “Israel should not have to apologize for its existence and it will continue to defend the lives of its citizens, even at the price of condemnation….It is inconceivable for Palestinians to fire rockets on Israel and then ask for our help.”

ISRAEL IS ET TO PROMOTE THE USE OF ELECTRIC CARS: - Steven Erlanger (New York Times)
The Israeli government has announced its support for a broad effort to promote the use of electric cars, embracing a joint venture between an American-Israeli entrepreneur and Renault and its partner, Nissan Motor Company. The state will offer tax incentives to purchasers, and the new company, with a $200 million investment to start, will begin construction of facilities to recharge the cars and replace empty batteries quickly.

MUBARAK OPENS RAFAH BORDERTO ‘STARVING PALESTINIANS’ :
Hamas calls for new crossing controls without Israel
Over 200,000 Gaza residents flooded over into Egypt on Wednesday January 23, to purchase food and other supplies after Palestinian gunmen using explosives blasted holes early this morning in the border fence that separates Gaza and the Sinai. Under growing public pressure not to appear an Israeli lackey, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirmed on Wednesday that he had ordered his troops to allow Palestinians to cross into Egypt from Gaza because they were “starving.” The collapse of the border fence began when masked Palestinians detonated 17 explosions along the metal wall; later today a Caterpillar bulldozer arrived and leveled a section of low concrete wall topped with barbed wire, opening a gap for cars to cross the border. Hamas officials have admitted that the demolition of the Gaza-Egypt border was not related to the blockade placed by Israel, but that months of planning went into the demolition operation. Israelis in the Sinai have been told to return home immediately to avoid being victims of Pal terrorists.

IDF KILLS ANOTHER HAMAS TERRORIST IN GAZA;
During an IDF clash with Hamas close to Khan Yunis on Wednesday January 23, Israeli troops killed a Hamas terrorist and wounded several other militiamen. The IDF stormed into the southern Gaza Strip with tanks looking as if to launch a full operation after the clash, according to Palestinian sources. Residents said that more conflicts occurred in northern Gaza.

ONE KILLED, MANY SAVED IN TERROR ATTACKS OUTSIDE JERUSALEM: Hillel Fendel and Ezra HaLevi
Arab terrorists opened fire on a vehicle near the northern entrance to the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat Thursday evening January 24, murdering one Jew and seriously wounding another. At the same time, an attack in Kfar Etzion, south of Jerusalem, ended in the death of two terrorists. Fatah’s Al-Aksa Brigades terrorist group announced that it was behind both attacks. Around the same time, Arab terrorists also infiltrated Kibbutz Kfar Etzion in Gush Etzion in an event that ended miraculously without major casualties. The two terrorists entered Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz’s Mekor Chaim yeshiva high school, entering a library room where seven of the boarding school’s counselors were having a meeting. The terrorists, armed with a knife and a gun - which later turned out to be a fake - were dressed in the uniforms of a security company, and ordered the seven to line up on one side of the room. A counselor realized they were terrorists, drew his personal firearm and opened fire. Another grabbed the fake gun from one of the terrorists, wrestled him to the floor, while the first counselor shot him dead. The terrorists managed to lightly stab two of the counselors before falling dead.