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GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM MARCH 11…….NO. 157
LEBANESE ARMY HUNTS ROCKETS SET FOR LAUNCH AT ISRAEL : (Strategy Page)The Lebanese army has moved another infantry brigade to the Israeli border, along with a company of commandos, to search for rockets. In the last few weeks, Lebanese troops have [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM MARCH 5…NO. 156
IRAN CRISIS ARRIVING FASTER THAN WE THINK : - Editorial (Wall Street Journal)Iran now possesses 5,600 centrifuges in which it can enrich uranium - a 34-fold increase from 2006 - and plans to add 45,000 more over five years. [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 26……NO. 155
IRAN INCREASING CONTROL OVER HIZBULLAH OPERATIONS : - Amos Harel (Ha’aretz)Iran has been increasing its involvement and control over Hizbullah’s operations since terror operations head Imad Mughniyeh was killed a year ago, using a large number of Iranian Revolutionary Guard and intelligence officers [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 20…NO. 154
YEMENITE IMMIGRANTS ARRIVE IN ISRAEL : - Yael Branovsky (Ynet News)Ten immigrants from Yemen arrived in Israel Thursday February 19, by way of a third country. They include Said Ben-Israel, one of the Yemenite Jewish community’s leaders who was attacked and [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 11……NO. 153
ISRAEL VOTES :On Tuesday February 10, 5,278,985 were eligible to vote for the 18 th Knesset, to select their preference from 33 parties.
YEMENI JEWS DEMAND RESCUE :Despite numerous government assurances and presidential instructions to protect and relocate the Jewish minority in Raidah Village, Amran governorate, the [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM FEB 5……. NO. 152
AL-QAEDA CALLS FOR WAR AGAINST “ZIONIST-CRUSADER COALITION” : (Reuters)Al-Qaeda’s deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri dismissed U.S. President Barack Obama’s expression of concern over deaths in Gaza as an empty gesture on Tuesday and said Washington remains a main enemy of Muslims. [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM JAN 30…. NO. 151
MASSIVE HIZBULLAH ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELI TARGET THWARTED IN EUROPE : (Ha’aretz)A massive terror attack by Hizbullah against an Israeli target in Europe has been thwarted in recent weeks, Israel Television Channel 2 reported Wednesday January 28, quoting security officials.
UN OFFICIAL BLASTS HAMAS FOR “CYNICAL” [...]

GPL M/ EAST UPDATES FROM JAN 24…. NO. 150
FREED BY USA, SAUDI BECOMES AL- QAEDA CHIEF : Robert F. Worth (New York Times)Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Said Ali al-Shihri has emerged as the deputy leader of al-Qaeda’s Yemeni branch. He was released to Saudi [...]

Israel Applies a BandaidThe latest Israel incursion into Gaza lasted 22 days, after which time Israel withdrew its forces. At this time of writing - second last week in January - the ceasefire is holding but only just. As the Bible discloses - and recent history confirms, these forays into Gaza and Lebanon do not [...]