DE UPDATES VAN GPL HET MIDDEN-OOSTEN VANAF 2 FEBRUARI… NR 92

WINOGRAD HET RAPPORT LAAT OLMERT VAN DE HAAK:
Scherpste kritiek die op hoogste messing IDF wordt gericht
In zijn definitief rapport over de Tweede vrijgegeven Oorlog van Libanon recente Woensdag 29 Januari, was het speciale Comité Winograd minder scherp in zijn kritiek van Israëlische Eerste Minister Ehud Olmert dan in zijn tussentijds rapport vorig April, verzoekt het opvoeren van de `verlichte' kansen van de eerste minister om van het groeien af te weren zijn berusting.

EGYPTE NABS VERSCHEIDENE PALESTIJNSE CELLEN VAN DE VERSCHRIKKING IN SINAI:
Terroristen die met bommenwerpersriemen worden bewapend, sniper geweren, explosieven,
De Egyptische veiligheidskrachten deze week namen vijf Palestijnen in Sinai waar die met explosievenriemen worden bewapend en het van plan zijn om verschrikkingsaanvallen in Israël uit te voeren, de semi-officiële Egyptische document al-Ahram gemelde Woensdag ochtend 29 Januari. De verschrikkingscel werd gearresteerd in Taba, enkel over de grens van de zuidelijke Israëlische haven van Eilat, de plaats van het laatste zelfmoord bombarderen in Israël laatste Januari.

AHMADINEJAD EISEN IRAN DAT KERNPIEK `BEREIKEN', ISRAËL COLLLAPSING:
Iran nadert een nieuwe „kernpiek“ terwijl Israël „dreigende instorting onder ogen ziet,“ Iraniër President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad op Woensdag 28 Januari eiste, terwijl het reizen van de eerste light-water kerncentrale die van zijn land in de zuidelijke haven van Bushehr wordt gebouwd. Hij adviseert het westen om `te verlaten de vuile Zionist entiteit'

BARAK DIE RAPPORT BESTUDEERT BESLUIT, DAT OF OM OP TE HOUDEN MET: door Hillel Fendel
Alle ogen worden nu gedraaid naar Ehud Barak, de Minister van de Defensie en het hoofd van de Partij van de Arbeid. Barak zal in de komende dagen moeten beslissen hetzij zich door zijn woord te bevinden om met de overheid na de versie van het definitieve Rapport op te houden Winograd, of in de overheid ondanks de bevindingen van het rapport te blijven. Als Barak verkiest om de coalitie te verlaten, zal het resultaat het omverwerpen van de overheid en nieuwe verkiezingen overal van drie maanden van nu aan de komende maand november zijn.

DE TENTOONSTELLING VAN DE HOLOCAUST OPENT BIJ HET HOOFDKWARTIER VAN DE V.N.: (De Zon van New York)
Een permanente tentoonstelling die saviors van de slachtoffers van de Holocaust afschildert opende op Januari. 30 bij het hoofdkwartier van de V.N. in New York, een deel van een week gebeurtenissen rond de verjaardag van Januari. 27, 1945, bevrijding van het Auschwitz doodskamp, dat als herdenkingsdag van de Holocaust rond de wereld wordt aangewezen. Het „bericht van de Holocaust van `nooit opnieuw' moet het meest scherp aan Iran worden geleverd,“ de bovengenoemde minister van Israël van mededelingen, Ariel Atias. „Geen land, zou geen mensen zijn eigen vernietiging toestaan, en President Ahmadinejad moet realiseren dat de wereld niet stil met hem.“ akkoord gaat

ISRAEL HIGH COURT OK’S REDUCING FUEL AND POWER SUPPLY TO GAZA:- Yuval Yoaz
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday January27, gave the state a green light to reduce the supply of power and fuel to Gaza, ruling that the reductions are legal as they still meet the humanitarian needs of the population. Israel has sought to impose economic sanctions on Gaza in response to continued Kassam rocket attacks by Palestinians on southern Israel.

IDF FOILS SUICIDE ATTACK ON GAZA BORDER: - Hanan Greenberg
An IDF force shot and killed an armed terrorist near the border fence north of Kerem Shalom in Gaza early Thursday morning January 28. A bullet-proof vest and a Kalashnikov rifle were found on the man’s body.

LEBANON HELD HOSTAGE: - Editorial
Lebanon is in a state of full political paralysis, a stalemate engineered and enforced by its overlord, Syria. It has been without a president since Nov. 24. U.S., UN, French and now Arab League diplomats have failed to broker a solution. Syria wants to stop the UN tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri from indicting and prosecuting senior Syrian officials.

JUSTICE AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ? - Bridget Johnson
The UN Human Rights Council voted 30-1 to condemn Israel for “grave violations of the human and humanitarian rights of Palestinian civilians.” There was zero mention of Hamas’ continued rocket attacks on Israel or Hamas’ refusal to renounce violence against and attempted destruction of the Jewish state.

EGYPT ARRESTS MORE ARMED GAZANS IN SINAI:
Cairo trying to close border breaches on Friday
Egypt claimed Friday morning February 1, that it had arrested twelve more armed Palestinians on suspicion that they were planning to attack Israeli tourists vacationing in the Sinai.

OLMERT’S FATE NOW IN THE HANDS OF BARAK:
Labor chair to decide over weekend whether to demand replacement
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has kept mum so far on whether he will keep his promise to pull his Labor party out of the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in the wake of the final Winograd report, which was published Wednesday February 6. But reports indicated he would make a decision over the weekend and at most will call for Kadima to replace Olmert, rather than leave the government and force new elections.

ISRAELI EMBASSY IN MAURITANIA ATTACKED BY ISLAMISTS:
Six suspected Islamist gunmen screaming “Allah Akbar” opened fire early Friday morning February 1 on the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, located in the western Sahara. The gunmen arrived by car, and gathered close to the embassy before opening fire. Embassy guards then traded fire with the gunmen. Three of them were arrested by February 3.

BARAK BREAKS PROMISE & STAYS IN OLMERT GOVERNMENT: by Hana Levi Julian
Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak has decided to stay in the Olmert government, reneging on a campaign promise he made during Labor’s primary elections last year and outraging fellow Labor Knesset Members. In an editorial published in the Yisrael HaYom commuter newspaper, writer Gonen Ginat said the commission cited more than 150 instances in which Olmert failed in his handling of the war.

HAREDI RABBIS CALL FOR DAY OF PRAYER TO SAVE ISRAEL: by Ezra HaLevi
The hareidi-religious Council of Torah Sages in Israel and the United States has issued a call for a day of prayer and fasting this Tuesday February 5 th in response to the threats facing the Jewish people. “Dear brethren, awaken and inspire yourselves to pour out prayer before the Creator of the world, that He have pity and protect His nation from all who stand up against us, that He abolish the intentions of those who hate us and nullify the plots of our enemies, and that the eyes of the misguided be opened to the realization that their path is foolishness and they should leave Hashem’s nation to guard its path and faith, without hindrance or interference.”

LIVNI SUPPORTS EGYPT’S BID FOR MORE TROOPS ON GAZA BORDER:
Israeli defense ministry opposes increase in Sinai forces
After Cairo’s persistent requests and Jerusalem’s previous veto, Israel’s Foreign Ministry is finally advising that Israel permit Egypt to double its security forces positioned along the Israeli-Gaza border. The increase would require Israel’s authorization since the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty restricts the number of soldiers that Egypt can station along the border.

STORMY SESSION: KNESSET OK’s OLMERT’S POST WINOGRAD DECLARATION:
The Knesset voted its approval on Monday evening (February 4) of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s announced political decisions in the wake of the Winograd Committee’s report on the Second Lebanon War. Fifty-nine MKs voted to accept the speech, while 53 voted against it . In his Knesset speech, Olmert declared that he takes full responsibility for the Second Lebanon War and its failures: “

ALERT LEVEL RAISED NATIONWIDE AS PA TERRORISTS STEP UP ATTACKS:
Police increased alert levels throughout the country on Monday February 4, following a deadly suicide bombing in Dimona and an escalation in attacks on motorists by Palestinian Authority terrorists. The suicide bomber who blew himself up and killed at least one other person in Dimona Monday morning has been identified as Fatah member Mussa Arafat, a member of the Al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades and a resident of Khan Yunis, in central Gaza. Nine specific warnings of planned terrorist attacks and at least 50 general security alerts have been issued by the General Security Service (GSS) and the IDF since the Dimona suicide bombing.

PA’s MESSAAGE: IN ENGLISH-COEXIST; IN ARABIC-DESTROY ISRAEL: by Leah Morse
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is delivering two very different messages to the Western and Arab world. The message to the West, declared in English in front of media microphones and cameras, glorifies an independent Palestinian state coexisting peacefully beside Israel. But according to documented Videos, the PA is telling its Arab audience that there will be no Israel at all, rather one large Arab Palestine will rule the entirety of Israel. Hate-filled messages are rampant in PA culture and even in children’s textbooks, which tell young minds that Islam demands the destruction of Israel.
GAZANS IMPORT DANGERS FROM EGYPT-ISRAEL BLOCKS GAZA EXPORTS:
Israeli officials may ban the export of produce and other items from Gaza in the wake of a massive buying spree in Egypt by Palestinian Authority Arabs. The produce and livestock brought back from Egypt likely contain diseases not widespread in Israel. Roughly 10,000 sheep were brought back to Gaza from the Sinai Peninsula, along with hundreds of cows, thousands of chickens, and tons of various plants and seeds.

YAD VASHEM WEBSITE COMBATS HOLOCAUST DENIAL : by Sarah Morrison
The Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum launched an Arabic version of its website two weeks ago. The website, an addition to the Hebrew, Russian, and Persian versions of the pages, was made to help combat rampant Holocaust denial and ignorance in the Arab-speaking world.

EGYPT FINALLY CLOSES GAZA BORDER:
After 11 days of free movement for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian Sinai, Egypt closed the final hole in the border separating the two territories on Sunday February 3. Egyptians were allowing people to return to their respective homes, but not allowing any new border crossings.

HAMAS FIRES 12 ROCKETS AT SDEROT, IDF KILLS 7 HAMAS TERRORISTS IN GAZA:
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired a dozen Kassam rockets into Israel on Tuesday February 5, that heavily damaged a house in Sderot, wounded nine local residents, some critically, and knocked out power to parts of the embattled city. Earlier Tuesday, two Hamas gunmen were killed in clashes with IDF troops along the Israel-Gaza border.

PALESTINIANS BROUGHT ADVANCED ARMS INTO GAZA: (Ha’aretz)
Israel Security Agency chief Yuval Diskin told government ministers on Sunday February 3, that large quantities of advanced weapons were smuggled into Gaza after the border between Egypt and Gaza was breached. Diskin said long-range rockets, anti-tank missiles, anti-aircraft missiles, and materials used for rocket production were some of the arms brought into the territory. Defense Minister Ehud Barak called for the immediate construction of a fence along Israel’s border with Egypt.

IRAN TESTS ROCKET: PLANS TO LAUNCH A SATELLITE:- Parisa Hafezi and Fredrik Dahl
Iran launched a rocket on Monday February 4, designed to send its first homemade research satellite into orbit in the next year, state television said, a move likely to add to Western concerns about Tehran’s nuclear plans. The technology used to put satellites into orbit could also be used for launching weapons, analysts said.