Nigeria Busts Iranian Terror Cell
February 21, 2013 17:20 by Pesach Benson• A Gaza man lit himself on fire at a Ministry of Social Affairs office in Jabalia. Maan News says the unidentified man was taken to hospital; no word yet on whether Israel Made Me Set Myself on Fire.
• NY Times blogger Issandr El Amrani weighs in on Egypt not taking more significant steps to ease the Gaza blockade.:
• Worth reading at YNet: Kasim Hafeez, a British Muslim, says that human rights community’s obsession with Israel does a disservice to real victims elsewhere. After all, “murdered Pakistani Christians may be not a trendy enough cause.”
Protest the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia and you’ll have my respect. Protesting against an Israeli theater group is pathetic.
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• AFP: Syrian rebels say they began shelling Hezollah positions in Lebanon. It’ll be interesting to see if/how Hezbollah fires back. A proportionate response will be taken as a pathetic sign of weakness, but a disproportionate response won’t play well in Lebanon.
• A Hezbollah member’s on trial in Cyprus and the EU’s watching closely. The NY Times reports:
Mr. Yaacoub’s testimony offered unaccustomed insights from an active Hezbollah member into the militant group’s secret operations. But it carried potentially greater significance for the European Union, which has thus far resisted following Washington’s lead in declaring the group a terrorist organization. Experts say that a conviction here would substantially raise the pressure on the bloc for such a designation.
• Lionel Messi to promote peace in Israel.
Lionel Messi
• This from AP:
In a disheartening signal to world powers at upcoming Iran talks, Tehran has started installing high-tech machines at its main uranium enrichment site that are capable of accelerating production of reactor fuel and — with further upgrading — the core of nuclear warheads, diplomats said Wednesday.
• At least 31 killed as Damascus car bomb blows up near ruling Baath party’s headquarters. The nearby Russian embassy building also took some damage; none of the staff was reported injured. More at AP.
• Did Syria shoot down an Israeli drone? YNet says it depends on you believe; no response from Israel or Syria.
• JTA: Australian Zionist leader blasts claims that Israel programs recruit for the Mossad.
(Image of Hagel via YouTube/ABCNews, Messi via Flickr/prettyfriendship)
For more, see yesterday’s Israel Daily News Stream.
TIRDAD GHARIB
6:32 pm
Feb 21, 2013
MY DEAR FELLOW AMERICANS MY DEAR FELLOWS.. IRANS REGIME CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED WE MUST STOP IRANS REGIME TO OBTAIN NUKES ISRAEL IS AMERICAS BEST ALLY ON TERRORISM -
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shane comeback
11:19 pm
Feb 21, 2013
Very true my friend.
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Rocky Lee
7:28 pm
Feb 21, 2013
barry soetoro AKA Obama is so clearly not just a globalist but a closet Muslim that Israel must be ready to act alone. The US will be at war in Korea before a year passes and will not have resources to help Israel. How do you like the “change” now?
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Asher Garber
5:39 pm
Feb 23, 2013
Thank you, Rocky, for providing proof to my assertions down below. You aren’t really a fan of Israel because of a historical understanding. You are only here to bash our President. Which you’re allowed to do, I guess, but the hyperbolic whaa-whaa you bring only makes this website look foolish.
Think twice, HR. This attitude will only scar you.
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Rocky Lee
10:53 am
Feb 24, 2013
You make only yourself the fool. As for the President, he bashes himself with every move he makes to weaken both the US and Israel financially. I have risked my life for both countries. I doubt you can say the same. From Iraq we found the Iranians fabricating missiles from North Korean made equipment to North Korean design. I say again this President is purposely weakening the US so the US military can only fight a single campaign at a time. The one of his choice will be N. Korea and this will leave Israel at the mercy of Iran and Iraq, Shiite and Sunni separately from the south with Hezbollah waiting to strike from the north.
As for history I know more than you ever will. I made some of it
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R_not
7:37 pm
Feb 21, 2013
I don’t understand why there isn’t a groundswelling of Europe and the UK’s citizenry to counter the jihad movement just as there is in the USA with groups such as Act for America. WHY!?!?!? And I just can’t figure out why any religious leader would be a useful idiot for islam with these interfaith dialogs. It, to me, is just mindboggling. I guess the ‘feel good’ feeling they get when thinking that they can change something that is so obviously NOT changing – … well, here is where I am speechless. I just can’t figure it out.
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Irwin Weisberg`
8:00 pm
Feb 21, 2013
About Egypt flooding the smuggling tunnels with sewage, I can only say, “Ashes to ashes and dreck to dreck.”
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Joel Silbert
2:13 am
Feb 23, 2013
GIGO—-garbage in…garbage out!
First positive thing I have heard since the Arab Spring!
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emes
12:27 am
Feb 22, 2013
Galloway doesn’t even have respect for himself – he is confused with his own mantle of the “respect party” which conflicts whether to respect Jews and Israel, because you can’t separate the soul of a Jew from Israel, or be torn with confusion by going with his vile bias which means he talks out of both sides of his mouth, or with forked tongue as the case may be. So he should change the name of his party with an added “NO” as a prefix. – In all honesty, after that episode of himself emulating a paw-licking cat, on the lowest of low TV programme, can anyone regard this fool with courtesy let alone invite him to any erudite discussions. The man is a bloated nazi, more BNP than Respect.
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Jeffrey
1:55 pm
Feb 22, 2013
George Galloway supports an immediate Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank. A few years ago Fatah said that they would regard a unilateral Israeli withdrawal as an act of war. This is the same George Galloway who was arrested in Egypt after he tried to enter Gaza from the Egyptian side because he was too ignorant to know that the Egypt / Gaza border was closed. Does this man actually know anything about the Palestinians?
Incidentally, if he is a Palestinian citizen as stated, then why is he allowed to sit as a British MP? Surely a case of dual loyalties. However, as Palestine is not actually a state, how can anyone have citizenship. He has got me as confused as he is.
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Moll
1:34 am
Feb 23, 2013
RE: Dan Friedman, as author of rumor-mongering, it should be noted that he works for the largest myth-tical manufacturer in the 21st Century, the NYT. So, his starting a rumour, he now MUST assume responsibility for “the feathers he turned loose and now MUST collect”.
RE: Geo. Galloway’s behavior, he is a ‘has-been’. Just stand aside & observe his fall! The ancient prophets wrote that ‘how the gentile treated the jew is what will boomerang back on the gentile’s head’ (Obadiah 1:15). Watch it happen. Check-out his financial, emotional, mental stability.
RE: Egypt flooding the Rafah tunnels with sewage — states the obvious — terrorism & terrorists, stink.
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Asher Garber
5:35 pm
Feb 23, 2013
Sorry, HR, but if you’re going to rely on fools like Ben Shapiro to give you a balanced perspective of American politics and its stance with Israel (or anything, really) then you need to start heading in a different direction. The Not-So Breitbarters really aren’t anything more than hate mongers in their own right. When you cater to all things pro-Israel, you have to be aware that some of the info is coming from folks who support Israel only because the supporters actually don’t like Arabs (or Obama, or whatever their target).
As you know, journalism doesn’t equate truth. Agendas run amok in all directions. The quick and easy answer is to stay away from Ben Shapiro.
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batya dagan
11:37 pm
Feb 24, 2013
Who takes Galloway seriously? A clown with half a brain is here for entertainment not for real
politics.It is hard to laugh at his shticks but it is the best we can give this pathetic antisemite who runs a circus in his head and thinks that what he says has any value what so ever.
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