Middle East Update

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IRAN SAID TO HAVE NUCLEAR FUEL FOR ONE WEAPON : (New York Times)Iran has now produced enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts analyzing the latest report from global atomic inspectors
US REMOVED 550 TONS OF NUCLEAR [...]

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GAZA CITY ‘POWERLESS’ AFTER ISRAEL ORDERS CROSSINGS CKLOSED AGAIN :
Gaza City was without power on Thursday evening November 13, after the only power plant in the Gaza Strip was shut down due to fuel shortages. The blackout came [...]

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RICE CONCEDES MIDEAST PEACE UNLIKELY THIS YEAR :
There is little hope for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the 2008 deadline, Condoleezza Rice finally conceded on Thursday November 6 while en route for possibly her last trip to the Middle [...]

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OLDEST HEBREW TEXT DISCOVERED : by Gil Ronen Archaeologists have discovered what they say is the oldest Hebrew text ever found, at a site they believe was King David’s front line fortress [...]

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LIVNI WILL CHOOSE ELECTIONS : by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Would-be Prime Minister Tzipi Livni announced Saturday night October 25, she would tell President Shimon Peres early Sunday morning she is throwing in the towel [...]

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PERES GIVES LIVNI TWO MORE WEEKS TO FORM A GOVERNMENT :Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday October 20 granted Kadima leader Tzipi Livni a two-week extension to put together a new coalition government, the Jerusalem Post reports. According to the Israeli [...]

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ISRAEL PURSUING KIDNAPPERS OF CPL. GILAD SHALIT : - Ronen Solomon and Arik Weiss “People are disappearing from the streets of Gaza,” a former senior officer in the PA Preventive Security Services who fled recently from Gaza said this week. [...]

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DISPROPORTINATE FORCE TO BE USED AGAINST TARGET S IN LEBANON :
Reports surfacing in France and Israel indicate that disproportionate (overwhelming) force will be used by Israel in any future war against Hizbullah and indeed, all of Lebanon. Israel makes [...]

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U.S.: IDF CAN’T MAN NEGEV RADAR SYSTEM:
An IDF request to permit Israeli soldiers to control the new high-powered radar that the US has deployed in the Negev has been declined, senior defense officials told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday September 28. [...]

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PROBE INTO9 KADIMA PRIMARY : by Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel
Responding to complaints of “irregularities” in Wednesday’s Kadima party primary, workers from the office of State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss will meet with several Kadima members and activists to [...]