Actualización de Medio Oriente

por Hillel Fendel
La decisión de miércoles (el 19 de septiembre) por el gabinete de la mini-seguridad para declarar a Gaza una “entidad hostil” continúa haciendo ondas internacionales - mientras que el ministro Ehud Barak de la defensa dice que está viniendo un ataque israelí en grande contra Gaza más cerca.

Solamente dos semanas después de alegaciones del bombardeo de Israel de una facilidad nuclear en Siria, la agencia atómica del perro guardián de la O.N.U votó a vicepresidente de Siria de su conferencia general Agencia Internacional de Energía Atómica (la AIEA) que comenzó el lunes 17 de septiembre, en Viena. Sana, una agencia de noticias siria, jactada en la elección de martes y dicha esa Siria [...]

por Ezra HaLevi Irán ha prometido una devastación “respuesta final” a los partidarios del estado judío el 12 de octubre, el Quds de la república islámica (el día de Jerusalén) Los “partidarios del régimen sionista recibirán su respuesta durante las reuniones del mundo del día de Quds,” portavoz iraní Gholam-Hossein Elham del gobierno dicho en una rueda de prensa semanal miércoles [...]

Las autoridades del policía de Nueva York el miércoles dieron vuelta abajo en los argumentos de la seguridad a una petición de presidente iraní Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a la visita “tierra cero” en Manhattan más baja, el sitio del 11 de septiembre atacan en el centro de comercio mundial, como parte de su visita a los E.E.U.U. para la abertura de la Asamblea General de la O.N.U. Ahmadinejad [...]

Israel’s security cabinet declared Gaza an “enemy entity” on Wednesday September 19, voting among other things to disrupt its power supply as a response to the ongoing Palestinian rocket fire at Israeli communities. The ministers decided, however, not to disrupt Gaza’s water supply. All of Gaza’s fuel, including diesel, gasoline and natural gas, comes from [...]

Ynet News
Dozens of Syrian military officers and Iranian engineers were killed on July 26 in Halab, Syria, as they were attempting to mount a chemical warhead with mustard gas on a Scud-C missile, Jane’s Defence Weekly reported Monday. An explosion spread lethal chemical agents, including mustard gas, VX gas and sarin [...]

An IDF paratrooper, St.-Sgt. Ben-Zion Heneman, was killed and another soldier was wounded during heavy fighting in Nablus early Tuesday morning September 18, that erupted during an arrest operation. Heneman died of wounds received when a bullet fired by a Palestinian gunman penetrated the seam of his flak jacket. During the fighting, Palestinians also threw [...]

Third visit to US since becoming president
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak at the 62nd opening of the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York, triggering protests among Jewish groups.

by Hillel Fendel
Amidst uncertainty on the Syrian front, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he “has much respect” for Syrian dictator Assad, and is willing to make peace without pre-conditions. “Making peace with Syria” is generally understood to mean Israel’s giving up the strategic Golan Heights, from which Syria constantly attacked Israeli towns prior to [...]

by Nissan Ratzlav-Katz
According to the Palestinian Media Watch organization, a Fatah-controlled Palestinian Authority newspaper has printed a cartoon appearing to glorify Osama Bin-Laden and the 9/11 attacks on the United States.