Middle East Update

Rockets on Israel, fired by Hamas from Gaza or fired by Hizb’Allah from Lebanon, are great constraining factor on Israel’s civilian life. For the moment Israel has to live with the daily arrival of rocket-borne explosives on two of its towns, Sderot and Ashkelon, a situation that would not be tolerated in any other sizable [...]

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LEBANON JUBILANT OVER RETURN OF VICIOUS ISLAMIC CHILD MURDERER KUNTAR :
Abbas, Palestinians join celebrations of Hizbullah ‘victory’
Lebanese leaders declared a national holiday on Wednesday to celebrate the “liberation” of PLO terrorist Samir Kuntar and four Hizbullah guerillas from Israeli jail in a [...]

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OLMERT FACES NEW EVIDENCE OF DOUBLE BILLING FOR TRIPS :
Israeli police reveal wider charges after grilling PM
Ehud Olmert’s legal woes deepened during his third round of questioning in the Talanksy affair on Friday when Israeli police confronted the embattled prime [...]

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IDF BEGINS EXHUMING HIZBULLAH BODIES FOR PRISONER SWAP : In a clear sign that an Israel-Hizbullah prisoner swap is about to take place, IDF rabbinic authorities on Monday July 7 began exhuming the bodies of approximately 200 Hizbullah fighters killed in combat with [...]

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PA GLORIFIES CHILD MURDERER KUNTAR: By Hana Levi Julian
The P A leadership considers Lebanese arch-terrorist Samir Kuntar to be the epitome of the “ideal” PA prisoner, Kuntar, commander of a unit that attacked Nahariya in 1979, was convicted for the murders of four Israelis, including two [...]

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ORLEV : FRENCH PRESIDENT NEEDS LESSONS IN HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY :
MK Zevulun Orlev, Chairman of Israel’s National Religious Party, said of the visiting president of France, “Sarkozy should stay here a bit longer in order to learn some history, namely, that Jerusalem never beloned to Islam, [...]