AGGIORNAMENTI DI GPL MEDIO ORIENTE DA. NO 127 DEL 7 AGO.

SHARANSKY SOSTIENE McCAIN, DENOMINA OBAMA “un rischio„ nell'Israele: da Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
L'ex prigioniero di Zion Natan Sharansky ha chiamato il senatore presidenziale democratico Barack Obama del candidato “un rischio„ nell'Israele se è scelto presidente. L'ex ministro nel governo di Sharon, che inoltre è un amico personale del presidente americano George W. Bush, detto a Shalom TV che preferisca il senatore presidenziale repubblicano John McCain del candidato. Ottenendo a Obama, là è annotazione. Può sembrare essere buono. Può sembrare essere molto difettoso. È un rischio.

DUE TERRORISTA STABBINGS CONTRASTATO IN UNA MATTINA: da Hillel Fendel
Nel primo avvenimento, una donna di 26 anni da Bethlehem è arrivato al sud dell'incrocio del Rachel di Gerusalemme. Non è stata permessa entrare nella città ed allora è stata provata per stab una delle protezioni. La protezione non è stata danneggiata ed il attacker rapidamente è stato sormontato e preso stato per interrogare. Poco tempo dopo, un maschio arabo di 20 anni è stato arrestato all'entrata alla caverna di Machpelah in Hevron. Ha destato sospetti dei soldati' e un rapido corpo-controlla ha prodotto una lama da 30 centimetri (12-inch) sulla sua persona. Il sospetto ha confessato che aveva progettato stab un Guardsman israeliano del bordo. Le forze israeliane di sicurezza hanno arrestato quattro sospetti di terrore durante la notte. Uno è stato bloccato nel villaggio ostile di Yata, sud di Hevron e quattro fucili M-16 e molte munizioni sono stati trovati nella sua sede. Tre altri sono stati arrestati in Kalkilye, ad est di Raanana. Gli arabi di PA hanno gettato un cocktail di Molotov ad un nord israeliano dell'automobile di Dolev, in Binyamin occidentale, durante la notte. In Jenin, in Samaria nordico, una forza dell'IDF è rientrato in fuoco arabo. Nessuno era hurt e nessun danno è stato causato in il uno o il altro avvenimento.

IL GOVERNO LIBANESE APPROVA LE ARMI DI HIZBULLAH: da Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
Malgrado una risoluzione libera di NU e un accordo nazionale di 19 anni che richiedono il disarmo di tutte le milizie non governative, l'armadietto del Libano ha votato il lunedì 4 agosto per permettere che l'organizzazione del terrorista di Hizbullah mantenga il relativo arsenale delle armi. La decisione di governo specificamente approva Hizbullah Israele puntato su attività

HIZBULLAH SBATTE IL PROGRAMMA di UNIFIL PER SALVARE I PILOTI di IAF da Hana Levi Julian
The Hizbullah terrorist group slammed the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Tuesday night August 5, for its intention to rescue any Israel Air Force pilot whose aircraft is shot down over Lebanon.According to a report published by the Lebanese daily newspaper al-Akhbar, UN forces Commander Claudio Graziano distributed to his troops a contingency plan in which UNIFIL soldiers would aim to reach the pilot before the terrorists could get to him. Failing that, if the pilot is captured by guerrilla forces, Plan B is an attempt to rescue him from Hizbullah’s hands. However, if the pilot is being held by the Lebanese Army, according to the plan, UNIFIL would do nothing.

ISRAEL CAN SHOOT DOWN DOZENS OF MISSILE SIMULTANEOUSLY : - Yuval Azoulay (Ha’aretz)
On Tuesday August 5, the Israel Air Force unveiled Sniper, a system developed by three Israeli companies that identifies a target, whether missile or plane, while it is still hundreds of kilometers from Israel, enabling it to be struck with missiles. The IAF stressed that this system is currently reserved for Israel’s exclusive use; U.S. Patriot batteries elsewhere in the world are not equipped with Sniper. A senior officer said the first Sniper units were deployed about a month ago, and more will be deployed in the future. He added that Israel now has the ability to bring down dozens of missiles simultaneously, and to select which missiles to target based on each missile’s projected landing site. The system includes two cameras with night-vision capability that allows one to identify and track aircraft-or a missile-flying at top speeds hundreds of kilometers away.

ARROW THREE UPDATED : IRON DOME AND DAVID’S SLING ON THE WAY :
An upgraded version of the Arrow system, the Arrow-3, is currently in development; the system would stop missiles at a high altitude, and at a distance far from the civilian population. It is expected to make its debut sometime in the next six or seven years. The new system, in its initial development stages, should be able to intercept missiles at heights of more than 100 km., reducing the danger of having the warhead land in Israel after interception. (Ynet News) Also on Tuesday, the IAF unveiled prototypes of the missiles that will be used in two anti-missile systems that are expected to start operating by 2010 - the Iron Dome and David’s Sling. The Iron Dome, being developed by Rafael Military Industries Ltd., has successfully passed its repeated tests over the past several months, with all systems deemed “Go.” The IDF is currently in the process of determining who will staff the Iron Dome batteries, designed to intercept short-range rockets, when operational. By 2012-2013, David’s Sling is expected to join the Iron Dome in protecting Israel’s skies. The system is designed to intercept medium-range rockets, like the Katyushas that struck the port city of Ashkelon earlier this year.

IDF TRAINS FOR SIMULTANEOUS HIZBULLAH, IRAN, SYRIA MISSILE STRIKES : - (Channel 10/Ha’aretz)
The Israel Air Force’s anti-aircraft division on Tuesday August 5, carried out a large exercise testing its response to simultaneous missile strikes by Syria, Hizbullah and Iran.

ISRAEL FREEZES DEFENSE SALES TO GEORGIA : (AP/International Herald Tribune)
Israel has decided to halt all sales of military equipment to Georgia because of objections from Russia, which is locked in a feud with Georgia, Israeli defense officials said Tuesday August 5. The officials said the freeze was also intended to give Israel leverage with Moscow in its attempts to persuade Russia not to ship arms and equipment to Iran.

HAMAS AND JORDAN RESTORING TIES : - Yoav Stern (Ha’aretz)
Meetings between Jordanian and Hamas officials have opened the door to restoring relations that have been strained for two years, the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Tuesday. Mohammed Nazzal, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, met with Mohammed Dahabi, who heads Jordan’s General Intelligence Department, in the last few days. The renewed ties with Hamas angered Fatah-affiliated Jordanian officials who oppose the move.

LIBYAN LEADER SAYS ‘ IRAN SHOWS VANITY ‘ :
Iran risks the same fate as Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in its confrontation with the West over its nuclear program, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, said Tuesday August 5. “What Iran is doing is pure vanity,” Qaddafi said during a visit to Tunisia. “If a decision is taken against Iran, it will suffer the same fate as Iraq. Iran is no stronger than Iraq and will be unable to resist.”

HIZBULLAH THREATENS ISRAELI FLIGHTS OVER LEBANON : - Amos Harel
Israeli overflights of Lebanon now threaten to become the main point of Israel-Hizbullah friction. Israel deems the overflights essential for intelligence purposes. It was these flights that enabled Israel to learn the positions of the long-range missiles that it destroyed on the first day of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. Israel has warned Syria that it would not accept the establishment of an advanced anti-aircraft system in Lebanon; should it be set up, Israel will not hesitate to act against it. (Ynet News)

POLITICAL SUICIDE, PALESTINIAN STYLE : - Rami G. Khouri
As Fatah and Hamas battle it out like a bunch of armed neighborhood gangs, it will not be surprising to see some friends of Palestine quietly walk away, mumbling that if the Palestinians wish to kill each other and destroy their own society, they are free to do so. This is the latest and most troubling example of how a once grand and noble Palestinian national liberation movement has allowed itself to degenerate into ineptitude. The sight of clan-based political groups in Gaza killing each other is familiar in many parts of the Middle East, sadly. It is a sign that national dysfunctionality expressed in internecine political violence is a regional Arab ailment, not a peculiarly Palestinian one. (Daily Star-Lebanon)

POST DISENGAGEMENT : GUIDED MISSILES, 10 MILLION BULLETS : by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Three years after the Disengagement program that ended the Jewish presence in Gaza, Hamas has amassed an arsenal of guided missiles and 10 million bullets. Hamas has equipped its new army with a massive amount of weapons since the government carried out its Disengagement program, forcing Jews out of the Gaza region and withdrawing all Israeli soldiers from the area. In the past year alone, 175 tons of explosives, precision guided missiles and, thousands of machine guns and 10 million rounds of ammunition have reached Hamas, according to intelligence estimates reported by Der Spiegel.

ISRAEL FREES GAOLED HAMAS LEADERS : by Hana Levi Julian
Israel has begun to free Hamas leaders who were rounded up by security forces following the abduction of IDF Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit two years ago. On Thursday August 7, Jerusalem freed the mayor of Shechem, who has been held in administrative detention for two years.

BARAK : DEMOLISH HOME OF MERKAZ HaRav MURDERER : by Hana Levi Julian
Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave instructions Wednesday August 6 to begin the process of demolishing the home of Ala Abu Dheim, the lone gunman who slaughtered eight young students at the Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem earlier this year.

RUSSIA ASKS THAT IRAN BE GIVEN MORE TIME ” - Colum Lynch
Russia said Wednesday August 6, that Iran should be granted more time to respond to a package of incentives that the U.S. and five other powerful nations have offered Tehran to freeze its uranium enrichment efforts, a stance that may slow U.S. and European efforts to impose UN sanctions on Tehran.

RICE DENIES US VETO OVER ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN :
Barak: IDF preparing for all options, “uncompromising” victory
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave the strongest indication yet, Thursday, that the Bush administration will not stand in the way of an Israeli preemptive strike against Iran’s renegade nuclear program.

IDF : ABLE TO COUNTER ALL KNOWN MISSILE THREATS :
Following Iran’s latest long-range missile tests last month, Israeli Air Force Commander Daniel Milo confirmed on Tuesday August 5, that the IDF is in a position to counter all known ballistic missile threats in the Middle East following an extensive nationwide missile defense drill earlier in the day. But Milo added that although Iran’s latest missile drills are not believed to have demonstrated any major technological breakthroughs, “we are in a period during which the enemy is accelerating the ballistic missile threat in all the various fronts,” he cautioned.

GAZA TERRORISTS WARN TRUCE MAY END IN THREE WEEKS : by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) in Gaza warned Thursday August 7, that the temporary ceasefire may end in three weeks, when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins. The month is frequently marked by an increase in terrorism.

SECULARS WANT TEMPLE, AS FAST OF AV BEGINS SATURDAY NIGHT AUGUST 9: by Hillel Fendel
The fast of Tisha B’Av, the “saddest” day in the Jewish calendar, began on Saturday night August 9 as the Sabbath ends, and ended Sunday evening at sundown. Its name literally means “the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av,” the date of some of the gravest tragedies to have befallen the Jewish People. Most notably, both Holy Temples in Jerusalem were destroyed on Tisha B’Av

KILLED SYRIAN AIDE GAVE ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES TO HIZBULLAH : by Hana Levi Julian
Top Syrian presidential aide Brigadier-General Mohammed Suleiman, assassinated at the beginning of this month, (August) reportedly supplied Hizbullah terrorists with the advanced SA-8 anti-aircraft missile system, according to The Times of London. That all ended when he was quietly killed at dawn on August 2 by a single bullet to the head as he sat in the garden of his summer home near the port city of Tartus in the north. Writing in The Sunday Times, journalist Uzi Mahnaimi noted, “Nobody heard the shot, which appears to have been fired from a speedboat by a sniper, possibly equipped with a silencer. The expertise required to execute such a long-distance sniper murder has led suspicion to fall upon the Israelis.”

GEORGIAN JEWS FLEE FROM RUSSIAN BORDER AHEAD OF RUSSIAN INVASION : by Gil Ronen
Most Jews living near the Georgia-Russia border have fled a Russian invasion , in which at least 1500 people were killed initially. Most of the Jewish community in Gori, an area near the conflict zone, have left for the capital Tbilisi. There are said to be some 200 Jews in Gori. The Jews there are one of the oldest communities in Georgia, tracing their migration into the country during the Babylonian captivity in the 6th century BCE. The fighting began when Georgian forces tried to retake the capital of the South Ossetia, a pro-Russian region that won de facto autonomy from Georgia in the early 1990s. The fighting began when Georgian forces tried to retake the capital of the South Ossetia, a pro-Russian region that won de facto autonomy from Georgia in the early 1990s. Israel has about $1 (bill) invested in Georgia.